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Asked: 2026-05-29T04:31:42+00:00

I am using a plain text file in a PhP script. Is there any

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I am using a plain text file in a PhP script.
Is there any way to process the file in the PhP script without saving it locally? Everywhere I see simply uploading a file and saving it. I just need to pull some names off of the file and be done with it.
I have everything else working if I use a local copy of the file, so saving it, then deleting it works. I was just wondering if there was a way to skip the saving a copy and just getting that information directly.

We upload the file here.

<html>
<body>
    <form action="test.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <label for="file">Filename:</label><input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> <br />
        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

and in the script working with a copy of the file saved locally, I simply use

$file = fopen($_FILES['file']['name'], "r");
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  1. Editorial Team

    If its text file (assuming size is not that huge) usually you could read it by 

    $contents= file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);

    If you are not sure which type of upload it was, check the request method

    if(strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])=='post')
    $contents= file_get_contents($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);
elseif(strtolower($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'])=='put')
    $contents= file_get_contents("php://input");
else
    $contents="";
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