The tmp_file is just gibberish. I ?truly? do not want that as the table name. From: Roberto Carlos Garcia Luis [mailto:legnakarlos@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 4:26 AM To: Brad Cc: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Stuck trying to upload and grab file name You need to use te tmp_name ... The plain text file is in path indicated by The string... Regards, El martes, 24 de julio de 2012, Brad escribió: I am making a function that uploads a txt file in csv format and the grabs uploaded file name and the memberID from the sessions login and names the new table memberID_filename. The program error on line 24 @ 'name'. I have tried '{$_FILES[file][name]}' '{$_FILES[file]['name']}' '{$_FILES['file']['name']}' {$_FILES[file][name]} {$_FILES['file']['name']} $_FILES[file][name] $_FILES[file]['name'] $_FILES['file']['name'] '$_FILES[file][name]' '$_FILES['file']['name']' and '$_FILES[0]['name']' ********************************code************************* <?php var_dump($_FILES); //db connection require 'dbConnect.php'; //session file require_once('../auth.php'); function uploadList(){ //var_dump($_FILES); if ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "text/plain") { if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) { echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES['file']['error'] . "<br />"; } else { dbConnect(); mysql_select_db('mailList') or die(mysql_error()); //$file='' $file = $_FILES['file']['name']; //$presql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS (`$_SESSION[SESS_MEMBER_ID]_$file`)"; $presql = "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `$_SESSION[SESS_MEMBER_ID]_$file`"; $sql = <<<EOF LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '{$_FILES['file']['name']}' INTO TABLE `$_SESSION[SESS_MEMBER_ID]_$file` FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '\\' LINES TERMINATED BY "\\r\\n <file:///\\r\n> " IGNORE 1 LINES EOF; mysql_query($presql); mysql_query($sql); var_dump($sql); echo '$sql'; if(mysql_error()) { echo(mysql_error()); } else { print('Import of campaign emails sucessfull into mysql table.'); } } } else { print('Invalid file type. Please make sure it is a text file.'); } } //var_dump($_FILES); uploadList(); ?> **********************************error************************* array(1) { ["file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> string(14) "emailsTest.txt" ["type"]=> string(10) "text/plain" ["tmp_name"]=> string(14) "/tmp/phpmycbhK" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(61) } } $sqlYou have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''\' LINES TERMINATED BY "\r\n" IGNORE 1 LINES' at line 3 SQL query works when removed from the php mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/nyctelecomm.com/www/mail/emailtist.txt' -> INTO TABLE `mailTest` -> FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '\\' -> LINES TERMINATED BY "\\r\\n <file:///\\r\n> " -> IGNORE 1 LINES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) Records: 0 Deleted: 0 Skipped: 0 Warnings: 0 *******************show create********************* mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE mailTest\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: mailTest Create Table: CREATE TABLE `mailTest` ( `temp` tinyint(4) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 1 row in set (0.00 sec) *****************sample data********************* k2jthepoet@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> annamague@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> ken_casper@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> jmakselan@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> janegrey42@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> mitchamhr@xxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> klj184@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;> var_dump($_FILES["file"]) at line 8 array(1) { ["file"]=> array(5) { ["name"]=> string(14) "emailsTest.txt" ["type"]=> string(10) "text/plain" ["tmp_name"]=> string(14) "/tmp/php98AolN" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(61) } } array(5) { ["name"]=> string(14) "emailsTest.txt" ["type"]=> string(10) "text/plain" ["tmp_name"]=> string(14) "/tmp/php98AolN" ["error"]=> int(0) ["size"]=> int(61) }