(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
CURLFile::__construct -- curl_file_create — Create a CURLFile object
Object-oriented style
$filename, ?string$mime_type = null, ?string$posted_filename = null)Procedural style
$filename, ?string$mime_type = null, ?string$posted_filename = null): CURLFile Creates a CURLFile object, used to upload a file with CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS.
filenamePath to the file which will be uploaded.
mime_typeMimetype of the file.
posted_filenameName of the file to be used in the upload data.
Returns a CURLFile object.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 | mime_type and posted_filename are nullable now; previously their default was 0. |
Example #1 CURLFile::__construct() example
Object-oriented style
<?php
// Create a cURL handle
$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/upload.php');
// Create a CURLFile object
$cfile = new CURLFile('cats.jpg','image/jpeg','test_name');
// Assign POST data
$data = array('test_file' => $cfile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
// Execute the handle
curl_exec($ch);
?>Procedural style
<?php
// Create a cURL handle
$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/upload.php');
// Create a CURLFile object
$cfile = curl_file_create('cats.jpg','image/jpeg','test_name');
// Assign POST data
$data = array('test_file' => $cfile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
// Execute the handle
curl_exec($ch);
?>The above example will output:
array(1) { ["test_file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> string(9) "test_name" ["type"]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" ["tmp_name"]=> string(14) "/tmp/phpPC9Kbx" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(46334) } }Example #2 CURLFile::__construct() uploading multiple files example
Object-oriented style
<?php
$request = curl_init('http://www.example.com/upload.php');
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, true);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, [
'blob[0]' => new CURLFile(realpath('first-file.jpg'), 'image/jpeg'),
'blob[1]' => new CURLFile(realpath('second-file.txt'), 'text/plain'),
'blob[2]' => new CURLFile(realpath('third-file.exe'), 'application/octet-stream'),
]);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo curl_exec($request);
var_dump(curl_getinfo($request));
curl_close($request);Procedural style
<?php
// procedural
$request = curl_init('http://www.example.com/upload.php');
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, true);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, [
'blob[0]' => curl_file_create(realpath('first-file.jpg'), 'image/jpeg'),
'blob[1]' => curl_file_create(realpath('second-file.txt'), 'text/plain'),
'blob[2]' => curl_file_create(realpath('third-file.exe'), 'application/octet-stream'),
]);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo curl_exec($request);
var_dump(curl_getinfo($request));
curl_close($request);The above example will output:
array(26) { ["url"]=> string(31) "http://www.example.com/upload.php" ["content_type"]=> string(24) "text/html; charset=UTF-8" ["http_code"]=> int(200) ["header_size"]=> int(198) ["request_size"]=> int(196) ["filetime"]=> int(-1) ["ssl_verify_result"]=> int(0) ["redirect_count"]=> int(0) ["total_time"]=> float(0.060062) ["namelookup_time"]=> float(0.028575) ["connect_time"]=> float(0.029011) ["pretransfer_time"]=> float(0.029121) ["size_upload"]=> float(3230730) ["size_download"]=> float(811) ["speed_download"]=> float(13516) ["speed_upload"]=> float(53845500) ["download_content_length"]=> float(811) ["upload_content_length"]=> float(3230730) ["starttransfer_time"]=> float(0.030355) ["redirect_time"]=> float(0) ["redirect_url"]=> string(0) "" ["primary_ip"]=> string(13) "0.0.0.0" ["certinfo"]=> array(0) { } ["primary_port"]=> int(80) ["local_ip"]=> string(12) "0.0.0.0" ["local_port"]=> int(34856) }