Where does PHP save temporary files during uploading?

Question

I am using XAMPP on Windows. By printing $_FILES[\"file\"][\"tmp_name\"], it seems that the temporary file was saved at C:\\xampp\\tmp\\phpABCD.tmp. But I cannot se

Answer 1

It saves it at the path specified in $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], but deletes it after the script is done executing. It's up to you to move the file elsewhere if you want to preserve it.