File Upload to Slim Framework using curl in php

Question

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Failing to upload file with curl in heroku php app

After handling a file upload in php, I am trying to send that file using curl to my rest api which uses Slim Framework. However, $_FILES is always empty once it reaches the function in Slim.

sender.php

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['myFile']["tmp_name"], $UploadDirectory . $_FILES['myFile']["name"] ))
{
    $ch = curl_init();
    $data = array('name' => 'test', 'file' => $UploadDirectory . $_FILES['myFile']["name"]);

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://localhost/slimlocation/upload/');
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);

    curl_exec($ch); 
 }

And the function to receive the request in Slim:

$app->post('/upload/', function() use ($app) {
    if(isset($_FILES)){

        // count is always zero
        echo count($_FILES);

    }
});

Am I sending the file incorrectly and / or is it possible to do what I am attempting? Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

As far as i know, you need to use more options for a file upload with curl. See here.

Look at the CURLOPT_UPLOAD option and the description of CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, it says that you need to use an @ before the file name to upload (and use a full path).

Answer 2

These were the changes I needed and it worked:

$filepath = str_replace('\\', '/', realpath(dirname(__FILE__))) . "/";
$target_path = $filepath . $UploadDirectory . $FileName;
$data = array('name' => 'test', 'file' => '@'.$target_path);