# Flash MX File Uploader (Help!)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 14, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587 "2003-07-14T18:28:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![KaOsX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@KaOsX](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/KaOsX)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587/1 "2003-07-14T18:28:29Z")

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I’m looking to make a flash file uploader, using PHP, but I dont know where to start! I’m not too expirienced in flash, and need to get this done now, anybody have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587/2 "2003-07-14T18:42:38Z")

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start with getting a file to upload from an html form.

```php

<html>
<head>
  <title>Uploading File....</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Uploading File....</h1>

<?
if ($user_file=="none"){
  echo "Problem: no file uploaded";
  exit;
  }

if ($userfile_size==0){
  echo "Problem: uploaded file file is zero length";
  exit;
  }

if ($userfile_type != "text/plain"){
  echo "Problem: file is not plain text";
  exit;
  }

if (!is_uploaded_file($userfile)){
  echo "Problem: possible file upload attack";
  exit;
  }

$upfile = "/home/digitalo/public_html/exp/fileUpload/".$userfile_name;
if ( !copy($userfile, $upfile)){
  echo "Problem: Could not move file into dirctory";
    exit;
	}

echo "File uplaoded successfully<br><br>";
$fp = fopen($upfile, "r");
$contents - fread ($fp, filesize ($upfile));
fclose ($fp);  
?>

</body>
</html>

```

havent tried it in flash yet, but that should get you started

oh and here’s the html

```php

<html>
<head>
<title>Upload File</title>

</head>

<body>
<h1>Uplaod New Files</h1>
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload.php" method=post>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000">
Upload This File: <input type="file" name="userfile"><br>
<input type="Submit" value="Upload">
</form>
</body>
</html>

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587/3 "2003-07-14T19:06:28Z")

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[http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/tutorial.php?tutorial=fileupload](http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/tutorial.php?tutorial=fileupload)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-mx-file-uploader-help/25587/4 "2003-07-14T20:54:47Z")

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jubbrok have you ever tried this with Flash?
