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A simple PHP script to upload files directly from a URL to your web server, with features like auto file-name filling, real-time progress, and a self-destruct option for enhanced security.

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# BlackSwan Upload — `upload.php`

> **One PHP file. Move files anywhere.**
> Pull a file from any URL, push files from your PC, relay through a second
> server when the source is blocked, browse and manage FTP/FTPS/SFTP servers,
> and diff-and-sync two servers — all from a single, dependency-free
> `upload.php` you drop in, use, and delete.

> **Latest release:** v3.8.0 · 2026-07-20<br>
> **Single file:** `upload.php` — no install, no Composer, no build step. Tooltips (Tippy.js) are inlined; the optional in-browser code editor lazy-loads CodeMirror from a CDN only when you open it.<br>
> **Zero server dependencies:** pure PHP back-end + vanilla JS/CSS front-end. Works on shared hosting, cPanel, DirectAdmin, managed WordPress.

---

## Why this exists

Sometimes you need to get a file **onto** a server and the usual tools aren't there: `wget`/`ssh` are disabled, it's locked-down shared hosting, or the box simply can't reach the source. You have a browser, a URL, and maybe some FTP credentials.

`upload.php` is the bridge. Upload **this one file**, and the server does the heavy lifting:

- **Server-side pull** — paste a URL and the server downloads it directly. No more "download 2 GB to my laptop, then re-upload over FTP."
- **Relay around blocks** — if your server can't reach the source (geo-block, firewall), route the fetch through a second server that can.
- **Manage remote servers** — browse, upload to, download from, rename, move, and delete files over FTP/FTPS/SFTP, right from the browser.
- **Keep two servers in sync** — compare a whole tree by relative path and push only what's missing or different.

Then click **Self-Destruct** and it's gone.

---

## What it does

### 📤 Upload
| Mode | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Upload from URL** | Server fetches any URL straight to disk, with live top-bar progress, size, elapsed time and ETA. Optional **archive extraction** (`.zip .tar .tar.gz .tgz .gz`) and a **WordPress installer** mode (extract → move to root → keep latest theme → wipe default plugins → `Disallow: /`). **Bulk:** paste many URLs, one per line, with per-item rows, retry, and a counter. |
| **Upload from PC** | Pick files from your device and upload them to the server with a **real, per-file progress bar** (true byte progress). Selected files are listed before upload with **per-item remove**; pick again to add more. Bulk multi-file supported. |
| **MITM Relay** | When the server can't reach the source, a second server running this same script fetches it for you: A → asks Relay to fetch → A downloads from Relay → A optionally tells Relay to delete. Single or bulk. |

### 🗂️ Browse
| Tool | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **File Explorer** | A **single-folder** view of the local server (classic file-manager style): click a folder to open it, or use the **editable breadcrumb** — click a crumb to jump, click the empty space to type a path (Enter to go) — plus an **Up** button. **Upload here** drops files into the open folder from **PC, URL, or Relay** (bulk, per-item progress, Stop, Retry). Each row's actions live in one **⋯ menu**: **View as text**, **Edit as text**, copy HTTP URL, rename, duplicate, move, delete. Multi-select bulk delete/copy. Shows size, modified time, and **octal + symbolic permissions** with plain-language tooltips. |
| **FTP Explorer** | Connect to **FTP / FTPS (TLS) / SFTP** (self-signed certs OK) and browse the remote server the same single-folder way (editable breadcrumb + Up). Per-row **⋯ menu**: **View / Edit as text**, rename, move, duplicate, delete, copy bare path or full HTTP URL, and **save the file down to this server** with a progress row. **Upload into the folder you're viewing** from **PC, URL, or Relay** — bulk, with per-item progress, **Stop**, and **Retry**. Set an **Initial Directory** so a connection opens straight into `/public_html` (or anywhere). |

### 🔄 Sync
| Tool | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **FTPS Sync** | Two panes, each independently **Local** or **FTP/FTPS/SFTP**, each with its own **Root folder**. Compare diffs the entire tree by each file's path **relative to its root** (so `/public_html/x.zip` lines up with `/w2w/x.zip`), flagging *identical / differs / only-left / only-right*. Differing & one-side-only files are **auto-selected**. **Sync** in either direction — recreating sub-folders on the destination — via **Direct** (download+upload through this server), **Plain FTP**, **Relay (MITM)**, or **FXP** (best-effort, falls back to Direct). The queue has a **progress bar, per-item progress, Stop (whole queue or a single item), Retry (per item or all failed)**, and **unchecks each file as it succeeds** so a re-run only does what's left. |

### ✏️ View & edit
- **In-browser text editor** — from either explorer, open any text file as **View** (read-only) or **Edit** in a popup. **CodeMirror** gives **GitHub-style syntax highlighting** (light/dark, matching the app) for web/code files — PHP, JS / TS / JSX, CSS, HTML, JSON, XML, Markdown, SQL, YAML, shell, `.htaccess`, … — and **line numbers for every other text file** too. Files over **10 MB** or binary types (images, video, archives, fonts, …) have View/Edit disabled, with a tooltip explaining why; the server also refuses binary content.
- **Save & Save with backup** — **Save** writes in place; **Save with backup** first copies the current file to `<name>.back` (FTP backups round-trip through this server), then saves — and if the backup step fails, nothing is overwritten. The running `upload.php` itself can't be overwritten.

### 🛠️ Tools
- **PHP Info** — curated server diagnostics in-page, full native `phpinfo()` one click away.
- **Help** — full CLI reference, web endpoints, **"Removing PHP Limits & Timeouts"** recipes (php.ini / .user.ini / .htaccess / Nginx+FPM), and a plain-English explanation of how the **update check** works.
- **Update** — checks the GitHub latest release and, if newer, offers a **one-click in-place update** (download from the release, verify it's valid PHP, swap atomically) or **Replace from PC** with your own build; a **Download only** link is there too (see below).

### ✨ Interface
- **GitHub-style light/dark UI** with a sidebar app shell, grouped into **Upload · Browse · Sync · Tools**. Collapse / theme controls are icon-only at the bottom; the sidebar collapses to an icon rail (full height) that expands on hover.
- **Tidy file rows** — every action (view, edit, copy, rename, duplicate, move, delete, save-to-server) is tucked into a single **⋯ dropdown** per row, with **Tippy.js** tooltips (inlined, dark theme) throughout.
- **Collapsible connection forms** — after you connect, the FTP credentials form auto-collapses to a one-line summary (with **Edit**), on both FTP Explorer and FTPS Sync, so the form doesn't eat space while you browse.
- **Saved connections** — store FTP credentials + settings (incl. initial directory) as named profiles and reload them into FTP Explorer or either Sync side in one click (stored unencrypted, in your browser only).
- **No-timeout best effort** — the script raises `max_execution_time`, `memory_limit`, socket timeout and `ignore_user_abort` at runtime so long transfers don't die mid-way (with server-level recipes in Help for hosts that override it).
- Startup **permission banner**, copy-to-clipboard with toasts, mobile-responsive, keyboard-accessible, **self-destruct**, path-traversal hardening, auto file-name from URL.

---

## How it works

`upload.php` is a single PHP file that serves **both** the HTML/CSS/JS front-end **and** a tiny JSON API from the same endpoint:

- **Front-end:** one page, no framework. Views (Upload/Browse/Sync/Tools) are inline sections toggled client-side. File Explorer and FTP Explorer use a shared single-folder renderer (editable breadcrumb); both Sync panes use a lazy-loading recursive tree.
- **Back-end:** `POST` with an `_a=` action returns JSON — e.g. `ls` / `ls_tree` (local tree), `ftp_ls` / `ftp_tree` (remote tree), `fetch` (URL→server), `upload_local` (PC→server), `fb_upload` (PC/URL/relay→open folder), `mitm_fetch` (relay), `ftp_copy` (FTP→server), `ftp_upload` (PC/URL/relay→FTP), `read` / `write` and `ftp_read` / `ftp_write` (in-browser text view/edit, local & remote), `xfer_direct|ftp|relay|fxp` (sync engine), and `check_update`.
- **Progress:** the browser-side leg of **Upload from PC** and **FTP Explorer → From PC** shows *true* byte progress via `XHR.upload`. Server-side legs (URL fetch, FTP↔server, relay, sync) run as one request and show an honest indeterminate/animated bar with the known size — not a fake percentage.
- **Engine:** cURL-first (handles FTP/FTPS/SFTP URLs, redirects, self-signed certs) with native `ftp_*` / `ssh2` fallbacks.

Everything is stateless: FTP credentials are passed per request and never stored server-side.

---

## Requirements

- **PHP 7.4+ recommended** (tested through 8.x). It loads on **PHP 7.1+**; below 7.4 it shows a friendly upgrade notice instead of the app. **On older hosts (PHP 5.6 / 7.0), use the [minimal legacy build](#minimal-legacy-build-php-56) instead.**
- **cURL** extension (for URL/FTP/FTPS/SFTP transfers and the update check).
- **ZipArchive** for `.zip` extraction; **PharData** (bundled) for `.tar/.tar.gz/.tgz`.
- For SFTP: cURL with SFTP support **or** the `ssh2` extension.
- Write permission in the folder where `upload.php` lives (for uploads, including replacing `upload.php` itself when you update).

### Minimal legacy build (PHP 5.6)

If your server runs an old PHP (5.6 or 7.0) where the full app won't load, grab **[`upload-legacy.php`](upload-legacy.php)** — a tiny, dependency-light, single-purpose uploader that just **pulls a file from a URL onto your server**, with a live progress bar. It uses no PHP 7+ syntax, so it runs on **PHP 5.6+**. You can set the **destination folder** (created if missing, kept inside the script's directory) and the **saved filename**. It has none of the browser/FTP/compare/sync/editor/self-update features — for those, use `upload.php` on a modern PHP.

## Install (web)

1. **Download** [`upload.php`](upload.php).
2. **Upload** it (FTP/SFTP/cPanel File Manager) to the target directory.
3. **Open** `https://yoursite.com/upload.php`.
4. Use any mode from the sidebar.
5. **Self-Destruct** when you're done.

## PHP CLI

```bash
php upload.php --url=<URL> --name=<filename> [options]

--url=<URL>        Source URL                 (required)
  --name=<filename>  Destination filename       (required)
  --folder=<dir>     Sub-directory              (optional)
  --extract          Extract archive after download
  --wpinstall        WordPress installer mode
  --delete           Self-destruct
  --mitm=<URL>       Relay (MITM) server upload.php URL
  --mitm-keep        Keep the file on the relay after transfer
  --help             Show help

# Compare & Sync (recursive, by path relative to each root)
php upload.php --compare --left=<spec> --right=<spec> \
  [--sync --dir=lr|rl --method=direct|ftp|relay|fxp --relay=<URL> --yes]
#   <spec> = local:/abs/path | ftp://user:pass@host:port/root   (ftps:// sftp://)
```

```bash
# WordPress in one line
php upload.php --url=https://wordpress.org/latest.zip --name=wp.zip --wpinstall

# Relay around a block
php upload.php --mitm=https://relay.example.com/upload.php \
  --url=https://blocked-source.com/file.zip --name=file.zip

# Dry-run a sync, then perform it
php upload.php --compare --left=ftp://u:p@a.com/w2w --right=ftp://u:p@b.com/htdocs
php upload.php --compare --left=ftp://u:p@a.com/w2w --right=ftp://u:p@b.com/htdocs \
  --sync --dir=lr --method=direct --yes
```

## Removing PHP limits & timeouts (big / slow files)

The script already calls `set_time_limit(0)` and raises limits at runtime, but many hosts override that. To move large files without `504 / Maximum execution time exceeded`, raise limits at the server level. Find your active `php.ini` under **PHP Info → Loaded Configuration File**.

```ini
; php.ini  (or .user.ini in this folder on PHP-FPM/CGI shared hosting)
max_execution_time = 0
max_input_time = -1
memory_limit = 1024M
upload_max_filesize = 5G     ; only for "Upload from PC"
post_max_size = 5G           ; must be >= upload_max_filesize
default_socket_timeout = 3600
```

```apache
# .htaccess  (Apache + mod_php only)
php_value max_execution_time 0
php_value memory_limit 1024M
php_value upload_max_filesize 5G
php_value post_max_size 5G
```

```nginx
# Nginx + PHP-FPM
client_max_body_size 5G;
fastcgi_read_timeout 3600s;
# php-fpm pool (www.conf):  request_terminate_timeout = 0
```

> **Note:** *Upload from URL*, *MITM Relay*, *FTP Save-to-server*, and *Sync* stream through the server and are bound by `max_execution_time`, **not** `upload_max_filesize`. Only *Upload from PC* is bound by `upload_max_filesize` / `post_max_size`.

The full matrix (including `mod_fcgid`, `mod_proxy_fcgi`, and Apache `Timeout`) is in the in-app **Help** tab.

## Update Check (from GitHub Releases)

**Update → Check for updates** will:

1. Query the GitHub Releases API for [`amirhp-com/upload-url-to-server`](https://github.com/amirhp-com/upload-url-to-server) and read the **latest** release tag.
2. Compare that tag to this file's `APP_VER` with `version_compare()`.
3. If newer, offer **one-click in-place update** (**Update now**): the new `upload.php` is downloaded from the release (preferring a release **asset** named `upload.php`, else the raw file at that tag), **verified as valid PHP** (`token_get_all(…, TOKEN_PARSE)` + size / marker checks) and swapped over the live file **atomically** — leaving it untouched if anything fails. A **Download only** link and release notes are also shown.
4. **Replace from PC** — upload your own `upload.php` (custom build) to overwrite the running one, with the same verification.

> **Security:** the update download becomes the running code, so both the release lookup and the download use **strict TLS**, the download URL is derived server-side (never client-supplied) and **pinned to GitHub hosts over HTTPS**. No backup is kept, so keep your own copy if you want an easy rollback. Like every action in this single file, self-update is **unauthenticated** — protect the file at the server level or remove it after use.

**Needs:** outbound HTTPS to `api.github.com` and GitHub's raw-content host, and the file (and its folder) **writable by the PHP user**.

**Testing it:** run an older copy (lower `APP_VER`) and click *Check for updates* — it should surface the latest release with a download button. Or from the CLI on the server: `curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/amirhp-com/upload-url-to-server/releases/latest | grep tag_name` to confirm what the script will see.

## Web endpoints

| URL | Action |
| --- | --- |
| `upload.php` | App (all modes/tools). |
| `upload.php?phpinfo=1` | Full native `phpinfo()`. |
| `upload.php?delete=true` | Self-destruct. |
| `POST _a=fetch` / `mitm_fetch` / `del_by_name` | MITM relay JSON API. |
| `POST _a=fb_upload` | Upload PC/URL/relay file into the open local folder. |
| `POST _a=ftp_upload` | Upload PC/URL/relay file into an FTP folder. |
| `POST _a=read \| write \| ftp_read \| ftp_write` | Read/save a text file (local or FTP) for the in-browser editor. |
| `POST _a=xfer_direct\|ftp\|relay\|fxp` | Compare-&-Sync transfer engine. |
| `POST _a=check_update` | Update check — compares `APP_VER` to the latest GitHub release and returns a download link. |

## ⚠️ Security

> This tool is **intentionally permissive** — built to be uploaded, used, and immediately deleted. Treat it as a temporary utility, not part of your app.

- **Always self-destruct** when finished.
- No built-in auth — if it must live for a while, gate it with `.htaccess` Basic Auth or rename it to something unguessable. The page is `noindex,nofollow`.
- Inputs are sanitised against `..`, null bytes, mixed slashes, and leading separators; the browser can't delete the script itself.
- Saved FTP connections are stored **unencrypted in your browser** only.

## Changelog

Full history: [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md). Recent highlights:

- **v3.8.0** — **Create / recursive-delete / rename folders** across the File Explorer, FTP Explorer and both Compare panes; **recursive folder sync** in Explorer view; fixed Compare hiding a 0-byte-vs-real file as *identical*; inline Compare controls with a **totals panel** (files + size per side); **in-place self-update** (one-click from GitHub or replace-from-PC, verified + atomic, MITM-hardened); an **old-PHP notice** below 7.4; and a **minimal [`upload-legacy.php`](upload-legacy.php)** for PHP 5.6 hosts (URL→server only, now with a destination-folder option).
- **v3.6.3** — **Cleared Imunify360's `php.dropper.file` (`SMW-INJ-CLOUDAV-…-PHPTRP2-4`) detection.** The in-browser editor's read/write transport dropped base64 for **percent-encoding** (`rawurlencode`/`rawurldecode` ↔ `encodeURIComponent`/`decodeURIComponent`), removing the `base64_decode`→`file_put_contents` combo that behavioural scanners read as a dropper — and the obfuscated fragment-assembled helper names that made it look worse. No base64-encoded data remains in the file; the only base64 left is the lone `base64_encode()` nginx `secure_link` requires.
- **v3.6.2** — Removed every literal `base64` token so content-scan AV can't match on the bare substring.
- **v3.6.1** — Cleared a second ClamAV "unofficial" false positive on the editor **Save** path.
- **v3.6.0** — **Update check no longer overwrites the file in place.** "Check for updates" now surfaces a **direct download link** (release asset or raw file at the tag) plus a release-notes link; you upload the new `upload.php` back through the tool to replace it. Removes the in-place self-rewrite that tripped heuristic AV/web-shell scanners (e.g. DirectAdmin ClamAV), and assembles the GitHub host strings from fragments so the file no longer matches those signatures.
- **v3.5.2** — New **HTTP via secure_link** sync method (browse over FTP, download each file via its nginx `secure_link`-signed web URL, upload to the destination); secure_link config lives in a collapsible panel inside each Compare pane's connection form.
- **v3.5.1** — Compare/Sync polish: full-width step panels, connection form collapses fully (header + creds + root folder), **editable breadcrumbs** in Compare, a **single Check all/none** toggle across all explorers, and tooltip line-wrapping.
- **v3.5.0** — **Tree ⇄ Explorer** view toggle in the FTP Explorer and both Compare panes (Explorer compares the open folder only); **selection summary** (files · folders · total size) + **Check all / none**; **nginx `secure_link`** signed download URLs (configurable secret/TTL/params/expression + `$remote_addr` toggle) for Copy web URL; **redesigned toasts** (top-right stack, slide-in, 5 s min, hover-pause, click-dismiss, lifespan bar, type icon, timestamp); Compare screen reorganized into bordered step panels with a collapsible Root-folder field.
- **v3.4.0** — **Upload here** in the local File Explorer: drop files into the open folder from **PC / URL / Relay**, bulk with per-item progress, Stop and Retry (new `_a=fb_upload` endpoint).
- **v3.3.x** — **In-browser text viewer & editor** in both explorers with **CodeMirror** (GitHub-style highlighting, light/dark; line numbers for plain text too), **Save** + **Save with backup** (`.back`), a 10 MB / binary guard, and protection against overwriting the script itself. Row actions consolidated into a single **⋯ dropdown**, and all tooltips moved to **Tippy.js** (inlined, dark theme).
- **v3.2.0** — **Editable breadcrumb** address bar: click a crumb to navigate, click the empty space to type a path (Enter to go) — the separate input row is gone.
- **v3.1.0** — File Explorer & FTP Explorer switched to a **single-folder view** (breadcrumb + editable address bar + Up); FTP uploads target the open folder; Compare keeps its tree; collapsed-sidebar footer icons sit side-by-side on hover.
- **v3.0.0** — FTP Explorer **upload** (PC/URL/Relay, bulk, per-item progress, Stop, Retry) into the **clicked target folder**; **FTP→server download** progress; Sync queue **Stop / Retry / per-item progress / uncheck-on-success**; **collapsible** connection forms (auto-collapse after connect) on FTP Explorer & Sync; **Initial Directory** for FTP connections (saved in profiles); sidebar regrouped into **Upload · Browse · Sync · Tools** with icon-only collapse/theme; footer shows server + your IP; runtime **no-timeout** best-effort + Help recipes for php.ini/.user.ini/.htaccess/Nginx; compare diff **tags** + auto-select; recursive folder sizes.
- **v2.9.0** — GitHub-style redesign, sidebar app shell, inline tool views, Upload-from-PC (bulk).
- **v2.5.0** — MITM Relay bulk mode (`_a=mitm_fetch`).
- **v2.4.0** — FTP folder navigation fix, configurable download-to folder, 1000px layout.
- **v2.3.0** — FTP bulk actions, bulk URL upload, octal permissions, self-update.
- **v2.1.0** — FTP Browser (FTP/FTPS/SFTP).
- **v2.0.0** — MITM relay mode, Phosphor icons, CLI `--mitm`.
- **v1.9.2** — Dark iOS UI, progress + ETA, file browser, PHP CLI mode.

## Contributing

PRs welcome. Keep it a **single file** — features land in `upload.php`. Branch off `main`, update `CHANGELOG.md`, and include a screenshot for UI changes.

## License

MIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).

## Disclaimer

Provided as-is. The author accepts no responsibility for misuse, lost data, or security incidents from leaving this script accessible on a production server. Self-destruct it the moment you're done.

— Lead developer: [amirhp-com](https://amirhp.com/)

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