PHP HTML FORM sends _POST data but not _FILES

Question

I have a form that sends a file, yet it's not being able to be called after submit.

Form:

<form class="form-inline" action="#" id="login" method="post">
<input type="file" name="file" id="file">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="testy"> 
<input class="btn btn-primary btn-block" type="submit" name="submit" value="Go">
</form>

The value of testy comes up just fine, but nothing from _FILES after it's uploaded.

This was working when I was sending from one page to another page, but since I moved it all to happen on the same page, it's no longer working. What am I missing?

$_POST['test'] shows testy

$_FILES['file'] shows empty

mesutozer · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 19:37:06Z

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You need enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute in your form:

<form class="form-inline" action="#" id="login" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file" id="file">
<input type="hidden" name="test" value="testy"> 
<input class="btn btn-primary btn-block" type="submit" name="submit" value="Go">
</form>

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 19:37

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5 Comments

Andrew Over a year ago

Thank you, I knew it was something stupid. Will this screw up any forms that don't contain a file upload (it's an optional field).

mesutozer Over a year ago

no, it should not be a problem for forms without file upload

Andrew Over a year ago

Done, at the time it was too soon.

mesutozer Over a year ago

sorry, i was a bit rash

Andrew Over a year ago

Silly StackOverflow and their 15 minute rule! :) thanks again

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