PHP file input, accessing the content of the file

Question

I am making a file input that takes in a txt file. How do I access the contents of the file that just got uploaded using PHP?

Answer 1

If you want to access the file directly:

$content = file_get_contents($_FILES["file_input_field_name"]["tmp_name"]);

If you want to store the file, you'll want to check out:

http://php.net/move_uploaded_file

Answer 2

$contents = file_get_contents('/path/to/file');