How to php upload a image with a predefined custom name/ - php

Let me explain what i am hope to acomplish:
I want to allow my users to upload a image as avatar.
I found many php upload tutorials but i don't know hoy to upload the avatars as user_id.ext in /avatars folder.
I hope i was clear, thanks.

In any upload script, you go through a few basic steps. First, you get data from $_FILES telling you where the temporary upload file is. You validate the file based on something to make sure it's not evil/malicious/wrong. Then you rename it and move it somewhere useful. In your last step, when you move the image to where it's going, take that opportunity to name the file as you like. If you're dealing with a user's account it should be trivial to get the username, id, middle name, etc and use that to set the file's name.

This script gets the uploaded file and save it as /avatars/$user_id.ext, $user_id retrieved from POST:
<?php
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) {
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
} else {
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "/avatar/{$_POST['user_id']}.ext");
echo "Stored in: " . "/avatar/{$_POST['user_id']}.ext";
}
?>
And this is the form:
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file">
<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="<?php echo $user_id ?>">
<input type="submit" value="submit"></form>

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The following code is a very basic mechanism of uploading files. Nowadays there are more advanced libraries that you have to search for.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['upload'])){
$numberOfFiles = sizeof($_FILES["song"]["name"]);
echo "<br>Number of selected files: ".$numberOfFiles.'<br>';
for($i=0; $i<$numberOfFiles; $i++){
$tempName = $_FILES['song']['tmp_name'][$i];
$desPath = realpath(dirname(__FILE__))."/" . $_FILES['song']['name'][$i];
if (file_exists(realpath(dirname(__FILE__))."/" . $_FILES['song']['name'][$i]))
{
echo $_FILES['file']['name'] . " already exists. ";
}
if(!move_uploaded_file($tempName, $desPath))
{
echo "File can't be uploaded";
}
}
}
?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" multiple="multiple" name="song[]" accept="audio/mpeg3"><br></br>
<div class="uploadbtn" align="center">
<input type="submit" name="upload" value="Upload"></div>
</form>
I hope it helps.

How to create directory and save image in it using php

I have a code where I am selecting an image and then entering the name of the directory I want to create to save that image. After this, once a button is clicked the directory should be created in the given path and file should be saved in it.
Below is the code I am using:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="512000" />
Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file"/>
<input type="text" name="idtest" value=<?php echo $idtest; ?> >
<input type="submit" value="Send File" multiple/>
</form>
upload.php
<?php
$uploaddir = 'G:/dataset/' . $idtest;
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']) ;
echo $uploadfile;
?>
Here in the above code I have not include the create directory part which I still have to work on. Now ideally the variable idtest should be appended with uploaddir variable so whenever I am printing the value of uploadfile the last directory should be the one which I entered in the text box. But its not working. Can anyone please throw some light on why its not working. Thanks
Give this upload script a try. Based on your comments, it seems the first issue is the directory name entered in the form not being added to the full uploadfile path. You will need to grab idtest from the $_POST variable first. I would also recommend using move_uploaded_file to move the uploaded file.
upload.php
<?php
$uploaddir = 'G:/dataset/' . $_POST['idtest'];
// check if directory exists
if(!is_dir($uploaddir)){
mkdir($uploaddir);
}
$uploadfile = $uploaddir ."/". basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']) ;
echo $uploadfile;
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'],$uploadfile);
?>
Please ensure proper form validation and file name checks for security reasons, but that is beyond the scope of this answer. As the other commenters have mentioned, ensure file system permissions are set to allow writing to G:/dataset/.

Form not passing file/picture through submit

I'm working with php/html5 and i'm attempting to upload a file, but $_FILES['picture'] never seems to contain anything. I've been through a lot of posts and looked for common fixes, but none of them seem to work, firstly, the code;
Form;
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="decodeQR.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="30000000" />
<input type="file" name="picture" id="picture" value="picture" accept="picture/*" capture>
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
decodeQR.php;
<?php
include 'header.php';
$upload_status = FALSE;
if(isset($_FILES['picture']))
{
echo 'picture set <br>';
}
else
{
echo 'picture not set <br>';
}
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br>";
}
if (isset($_FILES['picture']) && file_exists($_FILES['picture']['tmp_name']))
{
$image = $_FILES['picture']['tmp_name'];
//~ Check if image is an image
if (#getimagesize($image))
{
$upload_status = TRUE;
//~ from here you can use yours image as $_FILES['picture']['name'], for example to copy it
move_uploaded_file($image, realpath(dirname(__FILE__)).'/images/'.$_FILES['picture']['name']);
//~ Also be noticed that the image curently is in OS tmp folder and if you dont copy it, it will be deleted after script execution.
}
}
if ($upload_status)
{
echo 'Image successfully uploaded. <br> <img src="images/'.$_FILES['picture']['name'].'">';
}
else
{
echo 'nope.jpg';
}
?>
The output is always;
picture not set
nope.jpg
This means that $_Files['picture'] is not set, and there are no errors in the files array.
As you can see from the code above i have already tried the following fixes;
Added the markup for form enctype; enctype="multipart/form-data"
Added a hidden MAX_FILE_SIZE attribute
Not show in the code, i have tried adding size='30000000' in the file tag
I've checked that the value / name are the same when setting and getting file
I've also checked php.ini to ensure that file_upload is allowed
What could I possibly be missing?
Edit; I've tried this on my desktop and mobile browsers.
I found the solution to actually be a problem between the obvious (Not being able to file upload using ajax), and jquerymobile framework, which uses ajax on it's forms by default.
To fix the problem I added data-ajax='false'
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="decodeQR.php" method="post" data-ajax='false'>
The file upload works fine, so i'm posting this answer for anyone who's using jquerymobile and comes across this problem! : )
Have you checked if the request sent by the browser contains the file?
BTW. I'm new here. How do you guys add these "comments" to questions?

Attach file in php and inserting in a database

this is a normal HTML method of attaching a file.
form enctype=<"multipart/form-data" action="savefile.php" method="POST" name="myform">
Send this file:
input name="myfile" type="file" onchange="document.forms['myform'].submit() ;"
</form>
savefile.php
move_uploaded_file($_FILES["myfile"]["tmp_name"],
"upload/" . $_FILES["myfile"]["name"]);
echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["myfile"]["name"];
it works perfectly, my difficulty is that when I attach a file and it sends when I refresh the page, the file I attached still remains in the attachment, how can I clear it so it shows "No chosen file"
You need to redirect the user with
header("Location: yourpage.php");
Also, submitting your form that way might not work on every browser.
<input name="myfile" type="file" onchange="document.forms['myform'].submit() ;" />
And JAVASCRIPT
var myInput = $("#input[name='myfile']");
function resetInput(){
myInput.replaceWith( myInput.val('').clone( true ) );
};
Call resetInput() after the upload.
Ripped and adapted From this thread

Open/Browse Dialog box in php/javascript?

I am working on a PHP project, in which I need to store a path of an image when user select an image from open dialog box from a specified directory. How can I do this? I don't know how to open the Open/Browse dialog box and how to get that path in PHP/javascript. And I want that my other form data don't flush when I open the Open/Browse Dialog.(I want to put image file's path that user has selected in my database, so I can reduce my database size.)
You can use file uploading forms with html and send the form to your PHP file to handle the file contents. When a file is sent to the server it is stored in a temporary location.
W3Schools has a good tutorial on this, the HTML becomes:
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload_file.php" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
and the PHP:
<?php
if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br>";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br>";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br>";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " kB<br>";
echo "Stored in: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"];
}
?>
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp
You can put a form element by using <input type="file">
If you only want the path without uploading the file. You can use javascript.
If you post the data to the server file's info will be available to PHP but also the file will be sent to server as well.
Check the Javascript File Api examples here if you want more ..
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/
<input type="file">
no? or i'm something missing?
For dotNetAddict (if they are still interested) and any others similarly interested, try the following link for a good explanation of how to obtain the path to a file....
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_fileupload_value.asp

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