How To: Upload text file and use with PHP script

Question

Is it possible to achieve the following:

Allow a user to upload a text file via HTML form (.txt)
Use the contents of that file in a PHP script to temporarily access the information
Delete any traces of the temporary file after the script has processed?

Think of it as uploading a word document via html form, have a php script as basic as:

<?php

$document = file_get_contents("uploaded_document.txt");

echo $document;

$document = "";

?>

Thank you ahead of time!

Yes, this is possible. What exactly is your question? Are you aware of the examples in PHP's manual's Handling File Uploads? — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Oct 28, 2010 at 20:35

Bruce Armstrong · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 20:35:46Z

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unlink($_FILES["txt_file"]["tmp_name"]);

answered Oct 28, 2010 at 20:35

Bruce Armstrong

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