First, create an entry HTML form capable of passing information to a secondary file. Next, create a Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) file to accept the data and insert it into the database.

The HTML5 API introduced a new type of input tag named file. When a developer uses this HTML5 file input tag a web browser will render a file selector, which allows a user to search for files anywhere ...

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