Php And Ajax File Upload - Can't Get The Tmp_name With $_files

I'm trying to upload a file using Ajax, but I'm having troubles handling the file... For test purposes I've build a simple code that looks like this: JS: xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest

Solution 1:

Check out this answer for making file uploads with AJAX. It is possible, but not compatible in all browsers.

jQuery Upload Progress and AJAX file upload

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Alternatively, if you want on the fly uploads, there is a cool library you can get called 'Uploadify'. It's a flash/jquery (or HTML5 now) rig that allows you to upload files on the fly. In the flash version, last time I used it... you can add in callback functions to make it do essentially anything you want.

Some clever javascript could make this work for you.

http://www.uploadify.com/

Solution 2:

AJAX doesn't do file uploads. It's not designed for that. The standard workaround is to have the JS code build a hidden iframe and do a standard POST-type upload in that. As such, if you try doing echo $_FILES['q']['error'], you'd probably have gotten 4 for "no file".