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

When you upload a file, before you save it locally it get's saved to a temporary file. The location of which can be accessed by:

$_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'] 

You can choose not to save the file and fopen() the temporary file, as long as you do this within the same script that recieves the POST.