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When the user presses the submit button the file will automatically be uploaded as a temporary file to the server and information about the file will be sent in the POST variable. This element allows users to browse their local drive for a file. Now let's make a simple html form with a file element in it.

#HOW TO GET PDF FILE TO OPEN FROM AMAZON S3 CODE#

This code was put in the very top of the body tags. Now we have all the information needed to initiate the class. These are the Acces Key and the Secret Key provided by Amazon (again, if you don't know what I'm talking about see the introductory NETTUTS tutorial). Next, we'll have to enter the Amazon Web Services (AWS) access information the script needs to access our S3 server. This is to make sure that we won't run into any problems with function redefinitions when accidentally the script tries to include the file a second time. This function will include the file only if it wasn't included before on the same page. We'll use the require_once() function in php. First thing we'll need to do is include the S3.php file. Next, make a new file called page.php in the same folder.

Open the S3.php file and take a look around just to see all the work you will not be doing yourself thanks to this class! :-).

The file comes with a readme and a few examples, too, but we won't be using those.

#HOW TO GET PDF FILE TO OPEN FROM AMAZON S3 RAR#

rar file and copy the S3.php file to a new folder.

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Download the 'latest beta version (0.2.3)'.

Donovan Schonknecht has written a PHP class for this, so rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, we'll use that! Now, the first thing we'll need is a way for PHP to communicate with the S3 server. If you haven't heard about Amazon S3, or you don't have an account yet, read Collis' Introductory S3 Tutorial first.

For this you'll need an Amazon S3 account and a PHP enabled webserver. Let's try!īasically what we're going to do is use a standard HTML file element and an easy to use S3 PHP class to make a page where people can upload a file to your S3 account and get information about the files that have already been uploaded. That way you wouldn't have to worry about the size of your web server for a second. Being able to upload an unlimited number of files for hardly any money is great, but it would be even better if your users could upload files from your website. A couple of weeks ago, Nettuts+ posted an introductory tutorial to using Amazon's Simple Storage System (S3).