File upload to website advice?

What's in and what's out in terms of features on the server side - ie: do you have PHP/ASP/JSP ? Do you want the file stored in a database or on a filesystem ? What interface do you need on the client side - html form/flash drag-n-drop interface etc ?

Providing these details will help people answer the question better.

Have you a programming background? PHP has a large learning curve.

Anyway, here's the code:

HTML upload file page:

<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000" />
<input name="uploadedfile" type="file" class="main_text" size="70" />

PHP script:

[PHP]//Document Upload

// Where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "../documents/";

$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES);

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES, $target_path)) {
echo "<p class='main_text'>The file <span class='headings_red_large'>". basename( $_FILES).
"</span> has been uploaded.</p>";
} else{
echo "<p class='headings_red_large'>There was an error uploading the file, please try again!</p>";
}

$sql = "INSERT INTO mysql_table_name
(mysql_table_field)
VALUES
('".basename( $_FILES)."')
";

$results = mysql_query($sql)
or die(mysql_error());[/PHP]

You will need to setup a folder where the file will be saved. Put this folder name into target path. I have named it ../documents/ in this example. You will also need to chmod the folder to 777 so that the server can write into the folder.

I have also added a mysql query to add the file location to my database for when i want to output it on my site. It's all just based on the move_uploaded_file() function

let me know if you have any questions about it.