How do we upload external file on a website using HTML forms?
If you want to allow a user to upload an external file to your website, you need to use a file upload box, also known as a file select box. This is also created using the <input> element but type attribute is set to file.
Example
Live Demo
You can try to run the following code to upload an external file to your website −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>File Upload</title>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type = "file" name = "upload" accept = "image/*" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here are the attributes of the file upload box −
Sr.No
| Attribute & Description
|
1
| name
Used to give a name to the control which is sent to the server to be recognized and get the value
|
2
| accept
Specifies the types of files that the server accepts.
|
Published on 07-Feb-2018 12:55:18
