---
title: "Uploading File into Server using PHP"
description: "In this article I will show you, how to upload file into server in PHP. Let’s have an example, how to upload file into server using PHP. Creating Fil"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2011-09-26
updated: 2020-03-04
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/744/uploading-file-into-server-using-php
category: "php"
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 2 minutes
---
# Uploading File into Server using PHP
In this [article](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81489/kashmir-now-after-an-year-of-abrogation-of-article-370) I will show you, how to [upload](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12860/how-to-upload-file-asynchronously-using-generic-handler) file into [server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43769/what-is-serverless-architecture-is-it-worth-switching-over) in PHP. Let’s have an example, how to upload file into server using PHP.\
##### Creating File Uploading Form:
Here I am [giving](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81621/natural-disasters-in-2020-giving-us-alarm-warning) an example to file uploading [form](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87344/explained-the-benefits-of-short-form-videos).
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##### Form Design:
Here you can browse file (i.e. select file for uploading into server) by clicking on ‘Browse button. After selecting file, click on ‘Upload’ button for uploading file into server.
When you click on ‘Upload’ button then ‘FileUpload.php’ php script is called.
```
0) { // display error message echo "Error".$_FILES["file"]["erro"].""; } else { // display uploding file information echo "File Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
"; echo "File Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
"; echo "File Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 2048) . " Kb
"; echo "Stored in Place: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"]; }?>
```
##### Output:
When you [click](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12423/social-login-magento-2-one-click-to-register-social) on Browse [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/63/how-to-add-button-in-datagridview-in-csharp-dot-net) then [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net) will be open where you can [select](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34066/use-select-operator-in-linq) a file to upload on server.
Now click on ‘Upload’ button, we will get following output.
Example:
##### Uploading file into server with some restriction
```
0) { // display error message echo "Error".$_FILES["file"]["erro"].""; } else { // display uploding file information echo "File Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "
"; echo "File Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
"; echo "File Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 2048) . " Kb
"; echo "Stored in Place: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"]; if (file_exists("Upload/".$_FILES["file"]["name"])) { echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] ."already exist"; } else { // Save file within UploadFiles directory move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["name"], "UploadFiles/".$_FILES["file"]["name"]).''; echo "Stored in:"."Upload/".$_FILES["file"]["name"]; } } } else { echo 'Invalid file format'; }?>
```
##### Output:
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