HTTP File Upload variables

$_POST
$_REQUEST
Predefined Variables
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# $_FILES

# $HTTP_POST_FILES [deprecated]

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5)

$_FILES -- $HTTP_POST_FILES [deprecated] — HTTP File Upload variables

### Description

An associative array of items uploaded to the current script via the HTTP POST method.

$HTTP_POST_FILES contains the same initial information, but is not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_POST_FILES and $_FILES are different variables and that PHP handles them as such)

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
4.1.0 | Introduced $_FILES that deprecated $HTTP_POST_FILES.

### Notes

> Note:

> This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script. There is no need to do global $variable; to access it within functions or methods.

### See Also

- move_uploaded_file() - Moves an uploaded file to a new location
- Handling File Uploads

$_POST
$_REQUEST
Predefined Variables
PHP Manual