PHP fdf_get_attachment function

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fdf_get_attachment

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

Extracts a file uploaded by means of the “file selection” field
fieldname and stores it under
savepath.

The FDF document handle, returned by fdf_create(),
fdf_open() or fdf_open_string().

May be the name of a plain file or an existing directory in which the
file is to be created under its original name. Any existing file under
the same name will be overwritten.

Note:
There seems to be no other way to find out the original filename but
to store the file using a directory as
savepath and check for the basename it was
stored under.

The returned array contains the following fields:

path – path were the file got stored

size – size of the stored file in bytes

type – mimetype if given in the FDF

Example 1. Storing an uploaded file

  $fdf = fdf_open_string($HTTP_FDF_DATA);
  $data = fdf_get_attachment($fdf, "filename", "/tmpdir");
  echo "The uploaded file is stored in $data[path]";