PHP curl_file_create function

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0)

curl_file_create — Create a CURLFile object.

illustrate

 CURLFile curl_file_create ( string $filename [, string $mimetype [, string $postname ]] )

Create a CURLFile object for uploading files.

parameter

filename

Path to upload file

mimetype

Mimetype of the file

postname

file name.

return value

Returns a CURLFile object.

Example

curl_file_create() example

 <?php/* http://example.com/upload.php:<?php var_dump($_FILES); ?>*/// Create a cURL handle $ch = curl_init('http://example.com/ upload.php');//Create a CURLFile object $cfile = curl_file_create('cats.jpg','image/jpeg','test_name');//Set POST data $data = array('test_file' => $cfile);curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);//Execution handle curl_exec($ch);?>

The above routine will output:

 array(1) { ["test_file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> string(9) "test_name" ["type"]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" ["tmp_name "]=> string(14) "/tmp/phpPC9Kbx" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(46334) }}