How to add file uploads function to a webpage in HTML ?
Allowing file upload to your website becomes necessary when you want to get the data from users in the form of a document, image, or file. HTML allows you to add the file upload functionality to your website by adding a file upload button to your webpage with the help of the <input> tag.
The <input type=”file”> defines a file-select field and a “Browse“ button for file uploads.
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Syntax:
<input type="file" id="myfile" name="myfile" />
Example 1: The code with the file upload functionality can be seen below. The output shows a file upload button that reads “Choose File”. With the help of this button, we can upload the files to a particular website.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <body> <h1>Show File-select Fields</h1> <h3> Show a file-select field which allows only one file to be chosen: </h3> <form action="/action_page.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <label for="myfile">Select a file:</label> <input type="file" id="myfile" name="myfile" /> <br /><br /> <input type="submit" /> </form></body> </html> |
Output:
File upload
Example 2: To define a file-select field that allows multiple files to be selected, add the ‘multiple‘ attribute as follows.
Syntax:
<input type="file" id="myfile" name="myfile" multiple>
In this way, we can create and upload a file button to our website. In order to make sure that the file data is read from the file to send to the server, make sure to use the “enctype=”multipart/form-data” attribute within the form tag. If this attribute is not used, the file data will not be read but only the file name will be read.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <body> <h1>Show File-select Fields</h1> <h3> Show a file-select field which allows multiple files to be chosen: </h3> <form action="/action_page.php" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <label for="myfile">Select a file:</label> <input type="file" id="myfile" name="myfile" multiple="multiple" /> <br /><br /> <input type="submit" /> </form></body> </html> |
Output:
