---
title: fluentform/starting_file_upload
description: "## Description This action run before uploading a file. ```php /* * Source Action */ do_action('fluentform/starting_file_upload', $files, $form); ``` ## Usage ```php add_action('fluentform/starting_file_upload', function ($files, $form) { // Do your stuffs here }, 10, 2); ``` This code should be…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/fluentform_starting_file_upload/"
updated: "2023-07-25"
category: Action Hooks
---

# fluentform/starting_file_upload

## Description

This action run before uploading a file.

```php
/*
* Source Action
*/
do_action('fluentform/starting_file_upload', $files, $form);
```

## Usage

```php
add_action('fluentform/starting_file_upload', function ($files, $form)
{
   // Do your stuffs here
}, 10, 2);
```

This code should be placed in the [functions.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development#Functions_File) file of your active theme.

## Parameters

- **$files** (array) Files
- **$form** (object) Form Object

## Source Code

This hook is located in */fluentformpro/src/Uploader.php*