php FILE POST upload without save

Question

I am using a plain text file in a PhP script. Is there any way to process the file in the PhP script without saving it locally? Everywhere I see simply uploading a file and sav

Answer 1

The file has to be saved somewhere before reading in this case is the temporary directory; You can get the contents of the file from the temporary directory, then if you really need to you delete. See the following code:

$file = file_get_contents($_FILES["ufiley"]["tmp_name"]);

unlink($_FILES["ufiley"]["tmp_name"]); 

//contents would be stored in $file