Title: wp_handle_upload_error
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_handle_upload_error( $file,  $message )

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## Source

    ```php
    function wp_handle_upload_error( &$file, $message ) {
    	return array( 'error' => $message );
    }
    ```

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[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/file.php#L805)
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