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<body>
<form action=”upload.php” method=”post” enctype=”multipart/form-data”>
<label for=”file”>Select a file:</label>
<input type=”file” name=”file” id=”file” required>
<br>
<input type=”submit” value=”Upload File”>
</form>
</body>
</html>
• Save the program in C:\Apache24\htdocs in a folder as index.html
2 Create PHP Script to Handle Upload
• Open the text editor
• Write the following codes
<html>
<body>
<?php
// upload.php
if ($_SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”] == “POST”)
{
// Check if the file was uploaded without errors
if (isset($_FILES[“file”]) && $_FILES[“file”][“error”] == 0)
{
$allowedTypes = [‘jpg’, ‘jpeg’, ‘png’, ‘gif’, ‘txt’];
$maxSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024; // 5 MB
$targetDir = “uploads/”; //create a folder in this name in your php file saved location .
$targetFile = $targetDir . basename($_FILES[“file”][“name”]);
$fileExtension = strtolower(pathinfo($targetFile, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
// Check file type
if (!in_array($fileExtension, $allowedTypes))
{
echo “Error: Invalid file type.”;
}
elseif ($_FILES[“file”][“size”] > $maxSize)
{
echo “Error: File size exceeds the limit.”;
}
else
{
// Move the uploaded file to the target directory
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES[“file”][“tmp_name”], $targetFile))
{
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CITS : IT & ITES - Computer Software Application - Exercise 53
