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PHP

Posted by Jackie Jen
Jackie Jen
2,723 Points

how can i get the file attachment from database

my form have <input type="file" name="attachment" id="attach" /> after i attach a file i'm using php to save the file to my database. But from my database it just a file name. how can i actually attach my file and i can search it back from my htdocs?

2 Answers

eck
eck
43,038 Points

You won't actually be saving files to your database, but actually uploading them to your server. Keeping the file path in the database could be useful for finding files in the future though.

Check this out to learn about basic file uploading with php.

Jackie Jen
Jackie Jen
2,723 Points
Jackie Jen
Jackie Jen
2,723 Points

Thanks Erik that was a quick responsed

eck
eck
43,038 Points

Np! :D