Pure PHP Upload Tutorials - Upload to physical folder

Upload to physical folder - upload your database file

In this tutorial we will explain how to do a file upload to a folder that is not relative to your site. This means that your folder can be located in a very different directory or disk on the server. An example of this is when you want to upload to your database.

How to do it

To upload to a physical folder you need to:

1. Start with basic upload page
   Start with an upload page where you have Pure PHP Upload on it. If you haven't done it yet, go through the Simple file upload tutorial.
   


2. Open the Pure PHP Upload dialog
   Select the Pure PHP Upload dialog by opening the Server Behaviors Panel. Select DMXzone - Pure PHP Upload.



3. Choosing the variable folder
   When you need to use a variable folder, you can enter the full path - including the drive in the Upload Folder field. For example:

"c:\databases"

this will upload the files to this path on the server. You only need to setup the right security on this folder, for more info how to do this read the Setting the folder security on your server tutorial.



You might also check the Prefix With Full Path option. This option will store the full path in your database (if you are saving the filename in a database). So it will be easy to reprieve a list of all files later on.

4. Save and done
   Save your page and upload it to your server, and you are done! Go to your website and test it - you should be able to upload any file to a physical folder.