PHP file upload and passing diectory - php

Question

Hi am sorry but I have difficulties solving the problem. What i want to do is to upload file and then pass the directory but its nbot working the way I expect. The upload goes to a server to a file called 'uploads' but I cannot pass the directory , cuz its what I need, in later decode function:
Here's the code for uploading file am using:
<?php
// Where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "uploads/";
/* Add the original filename to our target path.
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path))
{
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}
?>
and then I want to pass directory to here just after $json = $api->decode ( ):it shld be between the brackets I put ($target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'])) but its not working and I dont know how to solve it. The case decode is supposed to get directory of the file which was just uploaded and then decode what is inside:
case "decode":
$json = $api->decode ($target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile'] ['name']));
$start='{"content":"';
$pos_start = strpos($json, $start);
$end='"}';
$pos_end = strpos($json, $end);
thanx for any advice, please help me out if you know how, thanx

Answer 1

The way you build your JSON looks flawed. Typically it's best to accumulate the data first, and do a json_encode as the very last step. This way your JSON is never accidentally mangled. It may still not be semantically valid but at least you can see why ;)
$data = array(
"content" => $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'])
);
return json_encode($data);

Answer 2

I hope this helps:
$json = $api->decode ($target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile'] ['name']));
$o=json_decode($json);
echo $o->content;
if that doesn't work try:
$json = $api->decode ($target_path);
$o=json_decode($json);
echo $o->content;
Since you are using $target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); above.