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Function Reference/wp handle upload

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Description

Handle PHP uploads in WordPress, sanitizing file names, checking extensions for mime type, and moving the file to the appropriate directory within the uploads directory.

Usage

<?php wp_handle_upload( $file, $overrides, $time ); ?>

Parameters

$file
(array) (required) Reference to a single element of $_FILES. Call the function once for each uploaded file. Passed by reference, so you must pass a variable.
Default: None
$overrides
(array) (optional) An associative array to override default variables with extract( $overrides, EXTR_OVERWRITE ). If you don’t pass 'test_form' => FALSE the upload will be rejected.
Default: false
$time
(string) (optional) Time formatted in 'yyyy/mm'. Passed to wp_upload_dir().
Default: NULL

Examples

if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_handle_upload' ) ) require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php' );
$uploadedfile = $_FILES['file'];
$upload_overrides = array( 'test_form' => false );
$movefile = wp_handle_upload( $uploadedfile, $upload_overrides );
if ( $movefile ) {
    echo "File is valid, and was successfully uploaded.\n";
    var_dump( $movefile);
} else {
    echo "Possible file upload attack!\n";
}

Return values

On success, returns an associative array of file attributes. On failure, returns $overrides['upload_error_handler'](&$file, $message ) or array( 'error'=>$message ).

The return values on success:

file 
(string) The local path to the uploaded file.
url 
(string) The public URL for the uploaded file.
type 
(string) The MIME type.

type and file may be used with wp insert attachment().

Further Reading

Source File

wp_handle_upload() is located in /wp-admin/includes/file.php.

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