uploading file with php ,getting error with file name

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i am trying to transfer file from user to my server and than upload the file , the issue is when i know the file name(hard code) the file is being uploaded perfectly fine .and the file is transferred to my folder but the issue is i cannot get the file name in my fopen function.i have tried storing it in a varaible and try fopen($a.csv,"r") or fopen(($_FILES["file"]["name"].csv", "r")) but get the error Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\pm\upload.php on line... HEERE IS MY CODE can some one fix my problem ?

if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
  {
  echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
  }
else
  {
  move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
  "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
  echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
  $a=$_FILES["file"]["name"];}
}
$con =  mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
if (!$con)
{
 die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}mysql_select_db("pm", $con);
$dum=false;
if (($handle = fopen($_FILES["file"]["name"].csv", "r")) !== FALSE) {
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 10000, ",")) !== FALSE) {

. .. ... ....

the error is on the line if (($handle = fopen($_FILES["file"]["name"].csv", "r")) !== FALSE) { have tried to upload without extension of the file ! kindly help

It should work right away without the file extension!

Shef
– Shef

2011-08-13 17:07:16 +00:00
Commented Aug 13, 2011 at 17:07 — Shef
– Shef, Commented Aug 13, 2011 at 17:07

Shef · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-13 17:08:28Z

1

Try:

if (($handle = fopen('upload/'.$_FILES['file']['name'], 'r')) !== FALSE) {

You moved the file to the upload directory, that's where you should read it from.

answered Aug 13, 2011 at 17:08

Shef

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