read form

[slicer123]

hi guys, i have this code

<?php
$file = fopen("12.txt", "r") or exit("Unable to open file!");
//Output a line of the file until the end is reached
while(!feof($file))
{
echo fgets($file). "<br />";
}
fclose($file);
?>

which works a treat, but instead of actually specifying which file to read, i want to be able to select the file using a BROWSE button on the site, then press another button and it reads the file to screen

i have added this

<form action="2.php" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
<p>select file to read:
<input type="file" name="postednfo" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="read" value="read" </p>

so i can select the file, but how to i tell it to read the file ive selected?

thanks guys much appreciated

[dotnotwhat]

Do you mean you want a user to be able to upload a file to your site form their desktop PC, and then have that uploaded file displayed to the user?

[cahva]

First of all, use multipart/form-data as enctype.

After submitting the form, you can find the file in $FILES array.
If you just want to print what has been submitted you can do it like this:

echo file_get_contents($_FILES['postednfo']['tmp_name']);

[bradgrafelman]

More information on file uploads (e.g. how to handle them) can be found here: [man]features.file-upload[/man].