API	Package	Subpackage	Class	Method	Reference	Last reviewed	Doc status
Home	Joomla.Framework	FileSystem	JFile	upload	upload()	Never	Work in Progress

Moves an uploaded file to a destination folder.

boolean upload ( $src, $dest )

Example: This example copies the temporary file sent in the upload variable.

$file = JRequest::getVar( 'upload', '', 'file', 'array' );

if (!JFile::upload($file['tmp_name'], $destDir.strtolower($file['name']))) {
    echo "Upload failed!";
} else {
    echo "Upload complete!";
}

NOTE: This example is taken from the admin.media.php file in the /administrator/components/com_media directory. This example did not work on the machine on which it was tested.