How to get a file in PHP passed by $ .ajax?

I have a problem I do not know if it is when sending in $ .ajax or catching with PHP.

It is not getting the $_FILES normal on the other side, it arrives as 'caminhofoto' => string 'C:fakepath.jpg' (length=17) , gave var_dump($_POST) , however when trying to get the path and move to the directory it only mounts the path but does not get the file. p>

My JS:

var caminhofoto = $("input[name='caminhofoto']").val();

        $.ajax({
                url: '/add-data.php',
                type: 'POST',
                data: {
                    caminhofoto: caminhofoto
                }
            }).done(function (data) {
            
                console.log("Sucesso: " + data);
           
            });

And in PHP:

$img = "imgs/";
$caminhofoto = $img . basename($_FILES['caminhofoto']['name']);
$imgFileType = strtolower(pathinfo($caminhofoto, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));

$uploaddir = '/fotos/';
$obj->setPath($uploaddir . $caminhofoto );

Only you’re saving only the path in the database without the file, it looks like it’s going to fakepath it’s not catching.

We discussed the question comments and found that the problem was occurring because of the way the value was being sent by ajax .

Using FormData to send the file it would be able to reach the goal as shown in the example below.

var formData = new FormData(),
    $inputFoto = $("input[name='caminhofoto']");

 formData.append('foto', $inputFoto.prop('files')[0] );

 $.ajax({
     url: '/add-data.php',
     type: 'POST',
     data: formData,
     success: function(data) {
         alert(data)
     },
     cache: false,
     contentType: false,
     processData: false,
});

Another answer worth just looking at Gabriel Gartz