problems with multipart/form-data

[bliss322]

so i have a news form that acts upon itself by testing for the submit variable. works just fine. now i want to upload files with the form, so i added enctype="multipart/form-data" to the form.

now, the $submit variable comes back as empty?

any suggestions here?

code:

//here's where i declared the submit variable which now comes back empty
$submit = $_POST["submit"];

if (!$submit) {
//write the add news form
echo "<form name=\"form\" action = \"\" method = \"post\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\">";

//snip form code
echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"submit\">"

}else{
//process the add news
}

[laserlight]

hmm, maybe check by writing the submit button's value?
and maybe use isset() as well?

I dont really know what's wrong though, sorry.

incidentally, you might want to use:
echo '<form name="form" action = "" method = "post" enctype="multipart/form-data">';

instead so it's easier to read.

[bliss322]

got it.

i had file uploads disable in my php.ini. that was emptying my POST variables.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/mail/php-developer-list/2001042/1093.php