PHP File Uploader

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I want to upload a file via PHP. I want this to be a drop down choice instead of just uploading to the directory "upload". So basically, I want the form to have a drop down menu and whatever directory I chose, it goes to that. So, How can I make it have dropdown?

This is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$max_no_img=4; // Maximum number of images value to be set here

echo "<form method=post action='' enctype='multipart/form-data'>";
echo "<table border='0' width='400' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align=center>";
for($i=1; $i<=$max_no_img; $i++){
echo "<tr><td>Images $i</td><td>
<input type=file name='images[]' class='bginput'></td></tr>";
}

echo "<tr><td colspan=2 align=center><input type=submit value='Add Image'></td></tr>";
echo "</form> </table>";
while(list($key,$value) = each($_FILES['images']['name']))
{
    //echo $key;
    //echo "<br>";
    //echo $value;
    //echo "<br>";
if(!empty($value)){   // this will check if any blank field is entered
$filename =rand(1,100000).$value;    // filename stores the value

$filename=str_replace(" ","_",$filename);// Add _ inplace of blank space in file name, you can remove this line

$add = "upload/$filename";   // upload directory path is set
//echo $_FILES['images']['type'][$key];     // uncomment this line if you want to display the file type
//echo "<br>";                             // Display a line break
copy($_FILES['images']['tmp_name'][$key], $add); 
echo $add;
    //  upload the file to the server
chmod("$add",0777);                 // set permission to the file.
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

You should use double quotes for HTML attributes, not single quotes. Just escape them like this: \" — C0deH4cker
– C0deH4cker, Commented Jul 5, 2012 at 0:18

Menztrual · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-05 00:18:54Z

3

Add some HTML like the following in the form:

Upload Directory: 
<select name="uploadDir">
  <option value="uploads">Uploads/</option>
  <option value="uploads2">Uploads2/</option>
</select>

Sprinkle it with some PHP Magic by changing the $add to:

$add = "{$_POST['uploadDir']}/$filename";

and voila! :D Be sure to do some sort of validation though on the directory as its very insecure, but gives you the concept on how to do it ;)

Good luck!

edited Jul 5, 2012 at 0:18

answered Jul 5, 2012 at 0:13

Menztrual

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