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How do you dynamically set the upload target path when using an AJAX based file uploader?

I'm trying to implement Valum's file uploader (improved by Ben Colon https://github.com/bencolon/file-uploader ) and I'm running into a problem. Previously, my upload.php had the upload target set in accordance to certain input fields. See here: //Directory where files are stored if ($grade == '9') { $target = "storage/g9/"; } elseif ($grade == '10') { $target = "storage/g10/"; } elseif ($grade == '11') { $target = "storage/g11/"; } elseif ($grade == '12') { $target = "storage/g12/"; } $target = $target . $_POST['snumber'] . "." . $extension; move_uploaded_file($_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'], $target); Now, with an AJAX based file uploader it starts uploading before you even hit submit so PHP doesn't get a chance to pickup the input fields to decide what the upload path is going to be, it can only go to a predefined one. To see how the AJAX file uploader does