How to access actual name of uploaded file in PHP ?
Last Updated :
09 Mar, 2022
In PHP, we can access the actual name of the file which we are uploading by keyword $_FILES[“file”][“name”].
- The $_FILES is the by default keyword in PHP to access the details of files that we uploaded.
- The file refers to the name which is defined in the “index.html” form in the input of the file.
- The name refers to the actual name of the file.
In this article, we understand how to extract the actual name.
Example: There is a form in the “index.php” file which takes a file as input and then sends it to “file.php” using the POST method and there we can find the name and all other details of the file by using the $_FILES. Always make sure to write the correct name of the file in which you want to send the data. In this, we send the file from “index.php” to “file.php”.
index.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="file.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select file to upload:
<input type="file" name="file"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Upload file" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
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file.php
<?php
$name = $_FILES["file"]["name"];
$type = $_FILES["file"]["type"];
$size = $_FILES["file"]["size"];
echo "File actual name is $name"."<br>";
echo "File has .$type extension" . "<br>";
echo "File has $size of size"."<br>";
?>
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Output:
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