Upload folder into google drive folder using PHP .

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I need to upload the "My Folder" folder, which contains multiple folders with their contents (images/...), to Google Drive using PHP. I know I can create a folder and upload files to it. But I need to upload the folder directly to Google Drive. Is there a way to do this ?

[Haavertz]

hey bro, you can work with python, if you want to use other languages, you can, but python is very easy.

you will need cloud api.

create project
go to API and Services > Library, search for Google Drive API, and activate it.
go to Credentials > Create Credentials > Service Account.
Generate a JSON file with the credentials and download it.

in python:

pip install google-api-python-client google-auth google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

in php:

using compose
composer require google/apiclient:^2.0

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<?php
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';


// Load the service account credentials
$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setAuthConfig('credentials.json'); // Replace with your JSON file path
$client->addScope(Google_Service_Drive::DRIVE);

// Initialize Google Drive service
$service = new Google_Service_Drive($client);

// Path to the local file
$filePath = 'your-files/test.txt';
$fileName = basename($filePath);

// Set file metadata
$fileMetadata = new Google_Service_Drive_DriveFile([
    'name' => $fileName
]);

// Upload file content
$content = file_get_contents($filePath);

$file = $service->files->create($fileMetadata, [
    'data' => $content,
    'mimeType' => mime_content_type($filePath),
    'uploadType' => 'multipart',
    'fields' => 'id'
]);

echo "File uploaded successfully. File ID: " . $file->id;

Upload folder

$folderPath = 'your-files';

foreach (scandir($folderPath) as $file) {
    if ($file === '.' || $file === '..') continue;

    $filePath = $folderPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file;

    if (is_file($filePath)) {
        $fileMetadata = new Google_Service_Drive_DriveFile([
            'name' => basename($filePath)
        ]);

        $content = file_get_contents($filePath);

        $service->files->create($fileMetadata, [
            'data' => $content,
            'mimeType' => mime_content_type($filePath),
            'uploadType' => 'multipart',
            'fields' => 'id'
        ]);

        echo "Uploaded: " . $file . "\n";
    }
}

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[Claudia-Rocha-H]

Okay, so you want to upload a whole folder to Google Drive using PHP, right? The thing is Google Drive's API doesn't actually have a single way to upload an entire folder with all its subfolders and files in one go. Instead, you'll need to write a PHP script that basically mimics what you'd do manually it'll have to go through your local folder, create each subfolder one by one on Google Drive, grab the ID of that new online folder, and then upload all the files into their correct new homes recursively repeating this for every nested folder, It's a bit of a manual process in code, but totally doable by breaking it down into those steps. This post might help you get started with the basics like authentication and single file uploads: How to Upload to Drive with PHP, but you'll still need to implement the recursive logic to handle the full folder structure

[Kundan2099]

You can’t upload an entire folder directly to Google Drive using PHP in a single action. Instead, you must recursively create folders and upload files one by one using the Google Drive API. First, create the folder structure on Drive via the API, then upload each file into its corresponding Drive folder. There’s no built-in PHP method to upload a folder (with contents) in one step.