---
name: "cgi_filehandle"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "clearsilver-dev"
version: "0.10.5-6+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cgi_filehandle"
---

# cgi\_filehandle(3)

return a file pointer to an uploaded file

## NAME

cgi\_filehandle  - return a file pointer to an uploaded file

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <cgi/cgi.h>
```

```
FILE *cgi_filehandle (CGI *cgi, const char *form_name);
```

## ARGUMENTS

cgi - a pointer to a CGI struct allocated with cgi\_init\
 form\_name - the form name that the file was uploaded as\
 (not the filename) (if NULL, we're asking for the\
 file handle for the PUT upload)

## DESCRIPTION

cgi\_filehandle will return the stdio FILE pointer associated with a file that was uploaded using multipart/form-data.  The FILE pointer is positioned at the start of the file when first available.

## RETURN VALUE

None

## SEE ALSO

[**cgi\_debug\_init**(3)](/cgi_debug_init/3.md), [**cgi\_parse**(3)](/cgi_parse/3.md), [**cgi\_destroy**(3)](/cgi_destroy/3.md), **cgi\_js\_escape**(3), **cgi\_html\_escape\_strfunc**(3), **cgi\_register\_strfuncs**(3), [**cgi\_output**(3)](/cgi_output/3.md), **parse\_rfc2388**(3), [**cgi\_url\_validate**(3)](/cgi_url_validate/3.md), **open\_upload**(3), [**cgi\_cs\_init**(3)](/cgi_cs_init/3.md), [**cgi\_url\_escape\_more**(3)](/cgi_url_escape_more/3.md), **cgi\_html\_strip\_strfunc**(3), [**cgi\_neo\_error**(3)](/cgi_neo_error/3.md), [**cgi\_redirect**(3)](/cgi_redirect/3.md), [**cgi\_filehandle**(3)](/cgi_filehandle/3.md), [**cgi\_register\_parse\_cb**(3)](/cgi_register_parse_cb/3.md), [**cgi\_url\_escape**(3)](/cgi_url_escape/3.md), [**cgi\_init**(3)](/cgi_init/3.md), [**cgi\_redirect\_uri**(3)](/cgi_redirect_uri/3.md), [**cgi\_cookie\_clear**(3)](/cgi_cookie_clear/3.md), [**cgi\_url\_unescape**(3)](/cgi_url_unescape/3.md), [**cgi\_vredirect**(3)](/cgi_vredirect/3.md), [**cgi\_display**(3)](/cgi_display/3.md), **cgi\_html\_ws\_strip**(3), [**cgi\_error**(3)](/cgi_error/3.md), [**cgi\_cookie\_set**(3)](/cgi_cookie_set/3.md), **cgi\_text\_html\_strfunc**(3), **cgi\_cookie\_authority**