Question

I am using XAMPP

The DocumentRoot is C:/xampp/htdocs

I want to upload files to C:/DATA/SLIDES

Is this possible (without changing Apache’s default DocumentRoot).

I’d like to add its a FRESH install of XAMPP.

PHP INI files are the default settings.
What changes do I need to make to PHP.INI to make this work?

Answer 1

Yes. PHP does not know or care about Apache’s DocumentRoot setting. All that matters are OS-level file/directory permissions and any restrictions you’ve enabled in php.ini

Example:

$tmp_name = $_FILES['uploaded']['tmp_name'];
$destination = 'c:/DATA/SLIDES/' . $_FILES['uploaded']['name'];
move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $destination);