How do I process uploaded images in PHP?

Learn how to process uploaded images in PHP, including file uploads, validations, and displaying images on your website.

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<?php // Check if the form was submitted if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { // Specify the directory where the file will be uploaded $target_dir = "uploads/"; $target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]); $uploadOk = 1; $imageFileType = strtolower(pathinfo($target_file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)); // Check if image file is a actual image or fake image $check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]); if ($check !== false) { echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . "."; $uploadOk = 1; } else { echo "File is not an image."; $uploadOk = 0; } // Check if file already exists if (file_exists($target_file)) { echo "Sorry, file already exists."; $uploadOk = 0; } // Check file size if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 500000) { echo "Sorry, your file is too large."; $uploadOk = 0; } // Allow certain file formats if ($imageFileType != "jpg" && $imageFileType != "png" && $imageFileType != "jpeg" && $imageFileType != "gif") { echo "Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG & GIF files are allowed."; $uploadOk = 0; } // Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error if ($uploadOk == 0) { echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded."; // If everything is ok, try to upload file } else { if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) { echo "The file ". htmlspecialchars(basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"])). " has been uploaded."; } else { echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file."; } } } ?> <!-- HTML form to upload file --> <form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> Select image to upload: <input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload"> <input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit"> </form>

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