how to upload a file?

[helz]

what do you do after using a form to upload the file?

<form>
<input type='file>
<input type='submit' value='Upload!'>
</form>

how do you find out where the temporary file has been uploaded to so you can copy it into the directory of your choice?

thanks in advance

[intenz]

Try this...

<?PHP
$upload_dir = 'path/to/something';
?>
<form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
File: <input type="file" name="file" />
<br /><br />
<input type="submit" name="x" value="Upload">
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1">
</form>
<?PHP
if( isset( $_POST['submit'] ) )
{
	if( $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'] != '' )
	{
		if( move_uploaded_file( $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $upload_dir . '/' . $_FILES['file']['name'] ) )
			echo 'Succeeded uploading file.';
		else
			echo 'Could not upload file.';
	}
	else
		die( 'You have to choose a file!' );
}
?>

[helz]

this is the code i have so far, but even when i select a file when it gets to the move file part it shows that no file was uploaded:

echo "Welcome to the upload facility so you can update the current league standings...<br><br>\n";
if (isset($_POST['file'])) {
   if (!strpos($_POST['file'],"yac_league") && !strpos($_POST['file'],"ybc_league")) {//display error if filename is wrong
      echo "The filename for the standings is incorrect! Please rename then re-upload.\n";
   } else {
      echo $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'].' - '.$path.$_FILES['file']['name'];
      //outputs:                      - ./league/
      if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'],$path.$_FILES['file']['name'])) {
         echo "League standings uploaded successfully!\n";
      } else {
         echo "Failed to upload!\n";
      }
   }
} else {//display upload form
   echo "Here is the form to upload the file:\n
      <form method='post' action='".$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']."'>\n
      <input type='file' name='file' class='field2'><br>\n
      <input type='submit' value='Upload!' class='submit'><br>\n
      </form>\n";
}

==EDiT==
does the name of the file type field matter?

[intenz]

Try mine.

[helz]

tried yours, it worked.
but since i wanted my own code to work i set about finding out
what was wrong with it.
turns out that because i didnt put:
enctype="multipart/form-data"
in the form tag it was not sending the data...
(in all other forms that ive made without using the enctype
they all work, i guess its just for sending other things apart from
text)