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<div id="reserved.variables.files" class="refentry">

 <div class="refnamediv">

  <h1 class="refname">$_FILES</h1>

  <h1 class="refname">$HTTP_POST_FILES [deprecated]</h1>

  <p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$_FILES</span> -- <span class="refname">$HTTP_POST_FILES [deprecated]</span> &mdash; <span class="dc-title">HTTP File Upload variables</span></p>



 </div>

 

 <a name="reserved.variables.files.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">

  <h3 class="title">Description</h3>

  <p class="para">

   An associative <a href="language.types.array.php" class="type array">array</a> of items uploaded to the current script

   via the HTTP POST method. 

  </p>



  <p class="simpara">

   <var class="varname">$HTTP_POST_FILES</var> contains the same initial

   information, but is not a <a href="language.variables.superglobals.php" class="link">superglobal</a>. 

   (Note that <var class="varname">$HTTP_POST_FILES</var> and <var class="varname">$_FILES</var>

   are different variables and that PHP handles them as such)

  </p>



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 <a name="reserved.variables.files.changelog"></a><div class="refsect1 changelog">

  <h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>

  <p class="para">

   </p><table class="doctable informaltable">

    

     <thead valign="middle">

      <tr valign="middle">

       <th>Version</th>

       <th>Description</th>

      </tr>



     </thead>



     <tbody valign="middle" class="tbody">

      <tr valign="middle">

       <td align="left">4.1.0</td>

       <td align="left">

        Introduced <var class="varname">$_FILES</var> that deprecated

        <var class="varname">$HTTP_POST_FILES</var>.

       </td>

      </tr>



     </tbody>

    

   </table>

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 <a name="reserved.variables.files.notes"></a><div class="refsect1 notes">

  <h3 class="title">Notes</h3>

  <blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>: This is a &#039;superglobal&#039;, or

automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in

all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do

<strong class="command">global $variable;</strong> to access it within functions or methods.

<br /></p></blockquote>

 </div>





 <a name="reserved.variables.files.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">

  <h3 class="title">See Also</h3>

  <p class="para">

   </p><ul class="simplelist">

    <li class="member"><a href="function.move-uploaded-file.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">move_uploaded_file()</a> - Moves an uploaded file to a new location</li>

    <li class="member"><a href="features.file-upload.php" class="link">Handling File Uploads</a></li>

   </ul><p>

  </p>

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