PHP File Upload - How Does it Work?

[MarkT]

Hello,

Can anyone show me a demo of a code, I'm looking for a form that uses text and file upload.

I need a form that has details such as title and content, but I also want an image upload where it saves the file to my FTP server in a folder called Uploads and then it saves the filename and extension to the database, along with the other details from the form.

 

Can anyone give me the code and explain it please!

 

Thanks in advance.

[Ingolme]

You should read the tutorials about databases and file uploading:

http://w3schools.com/php/php_mysql_intro.asp

http://w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp

[MarkT]

I've tried, but the file upload script is confusing me, Can you explain it please? Where to put details/upload directory etc.

[justsomeguy]

The "Saving the Uploaded File" example shows how to save the file. You use the move_uploaded_file function to save it where you want. As for the other fields in the form, those are just normal form fields that will have their values submitted via $_POST.

 

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.move-uploaded-file.php

[MarkT]

Alright,

I get the code.

 

But how do I set my SQL query to save the filename in the database?

[justsomeguy]

I'm not sure which part you're missing. If you have the filename, then just add it to the query the same way you would add any other string. Have you worked with databases before?

[MarkT]

Yeh,

Just never File Upload....