# CURLFile::__construct

# curl_file_create

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)

CURLFile::__construct -- curl_file_create — Create a CURLFile object

### Description

Object oriented style

public CURLFile::__construct ( string `$filename` [, string `$mimetype` = "" [, string `$postname` = "" ]] )

Procedural style

curl_file_create ( string `$filename` [, string `$mimetype` = "" [, string `$postname` = "" ]] ) : CURLFile

Creates a CURLFile object, used to upload a file with `CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS`.

### Parameters

`filename`

  Path to the file which will be uploaded.

`mimetype`

  Mimetype of the file.

`postname`

  Name of the file to be used in the upload data.

### Return Values

Returns a CURLFile object.

### Examples

Example #1 CURLFile::__construct() example

Object oriented style

`<?php
/* http://example.com/upload.php:
<?php var_dump($_FILES); ?>
*/
// Create a cURL handle
$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/upload.php');
// Create a CURLFile object
$cfile = new CURLFile('cats.jpg','image/jpeg','test_name');
// Assign POST data
$data = array('test_file' => $cfile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
// Execute the handle
curl_exec($ch);
?>`

Procedural style

`<?php
/* http://example.com/upload.php:
<?php var_dump($_FILES); ?>
*/
// Create a cURL handle
$ch = curl_init('http://example.com/upload.php');
// Create a CURLFile object
$cfile = curl_file_create('cats.jpg','image/jpeg','test_name');
// Assign POST data
$data = array('test_file' => $cfile);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST,1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
// Execute the handle
curl_exec($ch);
?>`

The above example will output:

    array(1) {
      ["test_file"]=>
      array(5) {
        ["name"]=>
        string(9) "test_name"
        ["type"]=>
        string(10) "image/jpeg"
        ["tmp_name"]=>
        string(14) "/tmp/phpPC9Kbx"
        ["error"]=>
        int(0)
        ["size"]=>
        int(46334)
      }
    }

Example #2 CURLFile::__construct() uploading multiple files example

Object oriented style

`<?php
$request = curl_init('http://www.example.com/upload.php');
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($request,
CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, true); curl_setopt(
$request,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
[
'blob[0]' => new CURLFile(realpath('first-file.jpg'), 'image/jpeg'),
'blob[1]' => new CURLFile(realpath('second-file.txt'), 'text/plain'),
'blob[2]' => new CURLFile(realpath('third-file.exe'), 'application/octet-stream'),
] );
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo curl_exec($request);
var_dump(curl_getinfo($request));
curl_close($request);`

Procedural style

`<?php
// procedural
$request = curl_init('http://www.example.com/upload.php');
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_SAFE_UPLOAD, true); curl_setopt(
$request,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
[
'blob[0]' => curl_file_create(realpath('first-file.jpg'), 'image/jpeg'),
'blob[1]' => curl_file_create(realpath('second-file.txt'), 'text/plain'),
'blob[2]' => curl_file_create(realpath('third-file.exe'), 'application/octet-stream'),
] );
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo curl_exec($request);
var_dump(curl_getinfo($request));
curl_close($request);`

The above example will output:

    array(26) {
      ["url"]=>
      string(31) "http://www.example.com/upload.php"
      ["content_type"]=>
      string(24) "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
      ["http_code"]=>
      int(200)
      ["header_size"]=>
      int(198)
      ["request_size"]=>
      int(196)
      ["filetime"]=>
      int(-1)
      ["ssl_verify_result"]=>
      int(0)
      ["redirect_count"]=>
      int(0)
      ["total_time"]=>
      float(0.060062)
      ["namelookup_time"]=>
      float(0.028575)
      ["connect_time"]=>
      float(0.029011)
      ["pretransfer_time"]=>
      float(0.029121)
      ["size_upload"]=>
      float(3230730)
      ["size_download"]=>
      float(811)
      ["speed_download"]=>
      float(13516)
      ["speed_upload"]=>
      float(53845500)
      ["download_content_length"]=>
      float(811)
      ["upload_content_length"]=>
      float(3230730)
      ["starttransfer_time"]=>
      float(0.030355)
      ["redirect_time"]=>
      float(0)
      ["redirect_url"]=>
      string(0) ""
      ["primary_ip"]=>
      string(13) "0.0.0.0"
      ["certinfo"]=>
      array(0) {
      }
      ["primary_port"]=>
      int(80)
      ["local_ip"]=>
      string(12) "0.0.0.0"
      ["local_port"]=>
      int(34856)
    }

### See Also

- curl_setopt() - Set an option for a cURL transfer