Best way to get the contents of a local file in a server variable

[Fons]

My script acts on a file (approx. 100k) offered by the user. Actually, it
acts on a variable that should have the contents of that file in it. I
could try to let users upload that file and then read that file into a
variable, but before I figure out how to do that: is this unnecessary
overhead? Is it possible to do it without creating a file on the server
filesystem and do it completely within the PHP framework? What method
would you recommend?

[Good Man]

Fons <fo**@fons.invalidwrote in
news:47***********************@news.skynet.be:

My script acts on a file (approx. 100k) offered by the user. Actually,
it acts on a variable that should have the contents of that file in
it. I could try to let users upload that file and then read that file
into a variable, but before I figure out how to do that: is this
unnecessary overhead? Is it possible to do it without creating a file
on the server filesystem and do it completely within the PHP
framework? What method would you recommend?

what are you trying to do?

[Rik Wasmus]

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:07:29 +0100, Fons <fo**@fons.invalidwrote:

My script acts on a file (approx. 100k) offered by the user. Actually,it
acts on a variable that should have the contents of that file in it. I
could try to let users upload that file and then read that file into a
variable, but before I figure out how to do that: is this unnecessary
overhead? Is it possible to do it without creating a file on the server
filesystem and do it completely within the PHP framework? What method
would you recommend?

Just let it do a normal fileupload to a/the tmp directory and read it into
a variable. Anything else will be a waste of time. The code is pretty
simple:

if(isset($_FILES['your_html_fileinput_name'])){
if($_FILES['your_html_fileinput_name']['error']!=UPLOAD_ERR_OK){
echo 'upload error #'.$_FILES['your_html_fileinput_name']['error'];
} else {
$filecontents =
file_get_contents($_FILES['your_html_fileinput_name']['tmp_name']);
}
} else {
echo 'no upload took place';
}
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Rik Wasmus

[C. (http://symcbean.blogspot.com/)]

On 29 Oct, 19:07, Fons <[e-mail]:

My script acts on a file (approx. 100k) offered by the user. Actually, it
acts on a variable that should have the contents of that file in it. I
could try to let users upload that file and then read that file into a
variable, but before I figure out how to do that: is this unnecessary
overhead? Is it possible to do it without creating a file on the server
filesystem and do it completely within the PHP framework? What method
would you recommend?

Explaining the problem better would be a good start.

You can't get a file from the client to the server without uploading
up (unless you use signed javascripts - try a different newsgroup for
more info). 100k is getting a bit large to keep in a PHP variable,
though it will work.

C.