PHP Script to Upload Images to Server

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Script to Upload png, jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif Images to the
server</title>
</head>
<body>
<div><?php
if ( isset( $_FILES['imgUpload'] ) ) {

	if ( ($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/png") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/PNG") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/jpg") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/JPG") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/JPEG") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/jpeg") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/gif") ||
	($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] == "image/GIF")) {

		$source_file = $_FILES['imgUpload']['tmp_name'];
		$dest_file = "upload/".$_FILES['imgUpload']['name'];
			

		if (file_exists($dest_file)) {

			echo "The file name already exists!!";
		}
		else {

			move_uploaded_file( $source_file, $dest_file )

			or die ("Error occured !! Couldn't copy");


			if($_FILES['imgUpload']['error'] == 0) {

				echo "File was successfully uploaded!! <br/><br/>";
				echo "<b><u>Details : </u></b><br/>";
				echo "File Name : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['name']."<br.>"."<br/>";
				echo "File Size : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['size']." bytes"."<br/>";
				echo "File Extension : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['type']."<br/>";
				echo "File Temp Location and Temp name : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['tmp_name']."<br/>";
				echo "Final location : upload/".$_FILES['imgUpload']['name']."<br/>";

			}
		}

	}
	else {

		if ( ($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/png") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/PNG") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/jpg") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/JPG") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/JPEG") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/jpeg") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/gif") ||
		($_FILES['imgUpload']['type'] != "image/GIF")) {

			echo "Error occured while uploading file : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['name']."<br/>";
			echo "Invalid Image file extension!!"."<br/>";
			echo "Error Code : ".$_FILES['imgUpload']['error']."<br/>";


		}


	}

}
?></div>

<form enctype="multipart/form-data"
	action="<?php print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>" method="post">
<p><input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" /> <input
	type="file" name="imgUpload" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="upload!" /></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

HTML :

Create a element in HTML section with attribute enctype="multipart/form-data"

We need to add the encoding type to encode the POST request file when the upload button is being clicked.

As we are trying to POST a form with a file it is important to tell the HTTP protocol that we are sending a file having certain characteristics. Note if you do not provide enctype="multipart/form-data" HTML request will consider it as application/x-www-form-urlencoded which is default.

When we use multipart/form-data, the file is first stored in a temporary location on the server until the script is completely executed. The form is submitted using $PHP_SELF, you may get HTTP errors like 403: Access violation if PHP server is not configured properly.

To resolve this issue check php.ini file and look for file_uploads variable, its value should be ON and not OFF.

Next we have a hidden input form element with type="file", here we can set the max file size in bytes. Note this size should be equal to or less than the upload_max_filesize defined in PHP servers php.ini file.

Next we have a submit button.

PHP Script

As we are uploading only images file we need to check for the file extensions before uploading the file to a permanent location if the file contains extensions other than jpg, png, gif, jpeg we would throw an error message. we can get the file type using $_FILES['imgUpload']['type']

Note that if you do not have write access to the destination directory you may get an error for move_uploaded_file()

Warning: move_uploaded_file(upload/screen dimentions output.png): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/android/php_examples/1_upload/file_upload.php on line 33

Warning: move_uploaded_file(): Unable to move '/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/temp/phpQlVGeb' to 'upload/screen dimentions output.png' in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/android/php_examples/1_upload/file_upload.php on line 33

Warning: getimagesize(upload/screen dimentions output.png): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/android/php_examples/1_upload/file_upload.php on line 34 uploaded image

We check if the file already exists at the server by using if (file_exists($dest_file)) conditional check.

We can show details regarding the uploaded file :

File name : $_FILES['imgUpload']['name']
File size : $_FILES['imgUpload']['size']
File extension : $_FILES['imgUpload']['type']
File Temp location : $_FILES['imgUpload']['tmp_name']
File Upload location :$_FILES['imgUpload']['name']

Output :

php-file-upload-script.png

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