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powerboy
powerboy

Reputation: 10971

Where does PHP save temporary files during uploading?

I am using XAMPP on Windows. By printing $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], it seems that the temporary file was saved at C:\xampp\tmp\phpABCD.tmp. But I cannot see it on the filesystem of the server. However, the file can be moved or copied via move_uploaded_file(), rename(), or copy(). So where does PHP actually save temporary files during uploading?

Upvotes: 30

Views: 68960

Answers (8)

nand Maithani
nand Maithani

Reputation: 50

IF you are asking the file location then it depend on the setting of server. but if you are asking whether it saved first in local system or in server. then answer is it save in temp folder in server.

Upvotes: -1

lastactionseo
lastactionseo

Reputation: 1

Note that the file is saved binary in $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], so you may open it maybe with file_get_contents if it is an image or something like this...

Upvotes: 0

Jesse
Jesse

Reputation: 10466

You can check where php is currently saving your temp files $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] by printing 

    sys_get_temp_dir()

Upvotes: 12

Mamta
Mamta

Reputation: 51

Use move_uploaded_file(file, path), specify the file and the path where you want to store the file.

A copy of that file is created and gets stored.

Upvotes: 5

brian_d
brian_d

Reputation: 11395

from http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php#93602, "...the uploaded file will inherit the permissions of the directory specified in the directive upload_tmp_dir of php.ini. If this directive isn't set, the default of C:\Windows\Temp is used..."

Upvotes: 2

poke
poke

Reputation: 388333

php stores all temporary files, that includes uploaded files, in the temporary files directory as specified in the php.ini. Note that for uploads, those files might be removed as soon as the script the file was uploaded to was terminated (so unless you delay that script, you probably won't see the uploaded file). Another reason might be that the file is simply hidden on the file system.

So if you want to see the file, you might want to make sure you see all hidden files in the explorer and delay the script as long as you need to find the file.

Upvotes: 4

Matthew
Matthew

Reputation: 48304

It saves it at the path specified in $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], but deletes it after the script is done executing. It's up to you to move the file elsewhere if you want to preserve it.

Upvotes: 61

bpeterson76
bpeterson76

Reputation: 12870

Its specified in upload_tmp_dir in your php.ini file. It is deleted by the system automatically after use.

Upvotes: 24

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