[RESOLVED] fopen from an uploaded file

[bumc]

I had file upload input type in page 1:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="page2.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />Choose a Text File (maximum :100kb) :<input name="uploadedfile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" value="Insert Data" /></form>

In the page 2, I put this:

$theFile = "'".basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']) ."'";
echo $theFile;
$fileHandle = fopen($theFile, 'r') or die ("Unable to open the file");

As the result:

'2009.txt'
Warning: fopen('2009.txt') [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\Warrant\InputData.php on line 18
Unable to open the file

Anyone can help?

[Weedpacket]

Yes, the real name of the file that it has on your server is in $_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']. It's given a temporary name in case it collides with a file already on your computer somewhere (see the file uploads section in the manual for details).

[bradgrafelman]

Also note that for some reason you surrounded the file path with single quotes.