I am attempting to echo the extension of an uploaded tax document. The document can be any image or a pdf. I plan on using the extension to rename the file with its proper extension later in the code.
Currently it does not echo the extension.
I have attempted a few different methods and looked at documentation and forums. I seem to still be doing something wrong.
My HTML:
<input type="file" class="" id="TaxFile" name="TaxFile" accept="image/*,application/pdf" ><br /><br />
My PHP:
$taxpath = pathinfo($_FILES["TaxFile"]["tmp_name"]);
echo $taxpath['extension'] . "\n123";
echos '123'
My Alternative PHP:
$taxpath = $_FILES["TaxFile"]["tmp_name"];
$ext = pathinfo($taxpath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
echo $ext;
echos nothing
I expected to see the echo: "pdf 123" and "pdf"
*My later code does in fact save the file to its destination using move_uploaded_file($_FILES["TaxFile"]["tmp_name"], $target_file). It's just that $target_file wont include the proper extension.
tmp_name is the temporary name/location of the file on disk.
Try using $_FILES["TaxFile"]["name"] to get the original filename.
Otherwise, your method for grabbing the extension with pathinfo() and PATHINFO_EXTENSION was correct.