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$_FILES - HTTP File Upload variables
An associative array of items uploaded to the current script via the HTTP POST method.
$HTTP_POST_FILES contains the same initial information, but is not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_POST_FILES and $_FILES are different
variables and that PHP handles them as such)
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|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
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| 4.1.0 | |
| | |
| | Introduced $_FILES that deprecated |
| | $HTTP_POST_FILES. |
| | |
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Note
This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script.
There is no need to do global $variable; to access it within functions or methods.
move_uploaded_file(3), Handling File Uploads.
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