Use:
if (function_exists('curl_file_create')) { // php 5.5+
$cFile = curl_file_create($file_name_with_full_path);
} else { //
$cFile = '@' . realpath($file_name_with_full_path);
}
$post = array('extra_info' => '123456','file_contents'=> $cFile);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL,$target_url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post);
$result=curl_exec ($ch);
curl_close ($ch);
You can also refer:
http://blog.derakkilgo.com/2009/06/07/send-a-file-via-post-with-curl-and-php/
Important hint for PHP 5.5+:
Now we should use https://wiki.php.net/rfc/curl-file-upload but if you still want to use this deprecated approach then you need to set curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, false);