I have been working on developing a file upload API in PHP. Currently, I have created a simple PHP script that enables the uploading of files from an HTML page to a server. However, the code I have written has a fixed name for the file upload control, which means I need to pass that specific name in my PHP code to upload the file. My goal is to create this API to be used by third parties. If anyone requests the API, I want to provide them with a link that they can consume. Can someone please assist me in transforming this into a more dynamic solution?
Below is the HTML code:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Upload Image </h2>
<form action="http://mvcangularworld.com/api.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
<input type="file" name="filename" value="" />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
And here is the PHP code for api.php:
<?php
// Path to move uploaded files
$target_path = 'images/';
$response = array();
$file_upload_url = $target_path;
$filename = $_POST['filename'];
if (isset($_FILES['filename']['name']))
{
$target_path = $target_path . basename($_FILES['filename']['name']);
// reading other post parameters
echo $_FILES['filename']['name']."<br />";
echo $_FILES['filename']['tmp_name']."<br />";
$response['file_name'] = basename($_FILES['filename']['name']);
try
{
// Throws exception incase file is not being moved
if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES['filename']['tmp_name'], $target_path))
{
// make error flag true
$response['error'] = true;
$response['message'] = 'Could not move the file!';
}
// File successfully uploaded
//echo $file_upload_url . basename($_FILES['filename']['name']);
$response['message'] = 'File uploaded successfully!';
$response['error'] = false;
$response['file_path'] = $file_upload_url . basename($_FILES['filename']['name']);
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
// Exception occurred. Make error flag true
$response['error'] = true;
$response['message'] = $e->getMessage();
}
}
// Echo final JSON response to client
echo json_encode($response, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
?>
Here is the API link:
Please assist me in making this API more dynamic.