Upload a pdf file in core php

Question

//=============== PDF File Upload=====================
if (isset($_FILES["pdfile"])) {
 $filename = $_FILES['pdfile']['name'];
 $dir = "../pdfs/students/".$filename;
 $tmp_name = $_FILES['pdfile']['tmp_name'];
 $file1 = explode('.',$filename);
 $ext = $file1[1];
 $allow = array('pdf');
 if(in_array($ext, $allow))
 move_uploaded_file($filename, $dir);
 }
 else
 die("There is no file to upload.");
//=============== End Pdf File Upload=====================
//=============== Image File Upload=====================
if(isset($_FILES['profile']['tmp_name'])){
 $dir = "../images/students/".$id.".jpg";
 $file = $_FILES['profile']['tmp_name'];
 if(move_uploaded_file($file, $dir)){
 echo "Image Uploaded Successfully";
 $pic = mysqli_query($con, "update students set profile ='$id.jpg' where id = $id ")or die(mysqli_error($con));
 }
 else{
 echo "Error Occured";
 }
 }
//=============== End Image File Upload=====================

PDF File didn't get upload in directory. I don't know why and same code for profile picture uploading works fine. Help me with this guys.

• MaartenDev: What is the output of the script? What text are you seeing?
• Beast69: output of the script says pdf file uploaded successfully but when i checked in that directory there is no file showed up.
• Arleigh Hix: stackoverflow.com/a/72243993/6127393

Answer 1

Sorry I didn't see at first time at my code. the error is of $tmp_name at move_upload_file($filename, $dir). Replace $filename to $tmp_name and it works fine.

//=============== PDF File Upload=====================
if (isset($_FILES["pdfile"])) {
 $filename = $_FILES['pdfile']['name'];
 $dir = "../pdfs/students/".$filename;
 $tmp_name = $_FILES['pdfile']['tmp_name'];
 $file1 = explode('.',$filename);
 $ext = $file1[1];
 $allow = array('pdf');
 if(in_array($ext, $allow))
 move_uploaded_file($filename, $dir);
 }
 else
 die("There is no file to upload.");
//=============== End Pdf File Upload=====================

Answer 2

Change this line

move_uploaded_file($filename, $dir);

To this

move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $dir);

Answer 3

if (isset($_FILES["pdfile"])) {
 $filename = $_FILES['pdfile']['name'];
 $dir = "../pdfs/students/".$filename;
 $tmp_name = $_FILES['pdfile']['tmp_name'];
 $file1 = explode('.',$filename);
 $ext = $file1[1];
 $allow = array('pdf');
 if(in_array($ext, $allow))
 move_uploaded_file($filename, $dir);
}

move_uploaded_file should be:

move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $dir);

more tips:

<?php
if (isset($_FILES["pdfile"])) {
 $filename = $_FILES['pdfile']['name'];
 $tmp_name = $_FILES['pdfile']['tmp_name'];
 $dir = "../pdfs/students/" . $filename;
 $file1 = explode('.',$filename);
 // use end() to get last
 // for example: filename.jpg.pdf
 $ext = end($file1);
 $allow = array('pdf');
 if(in_array($ext, $allow))
 move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $dir);
}

• Beast69: ThankYou, I just saw this error couple of mins ago.
• obeid salem: np .. u can see the tips for ext.