checking if value in form is empy??

[hingis_rules]

Hey,

I have set this form up to have users upload files to the server.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="up2.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="1000000">
Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send File">
</form>

If the user doesn't enter a value in the form before clicking on the "Send File" button, an error message is displayed.

The problem is when I first run this script I get the error message displayed

The first line of the up2.php file is
if (!isset($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile'])) {echo "No file sepecified"; exit;
}

And when i don't enter anything in the form and click on "Send File" i don't get the error message saying "No file..."

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Blob]

Haven't been here in a while. 😛
Ok, that's because the variable exists, even if nothing was entered. You have to use the empty function to do it.
if (!empty($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']))
{
echo "No file sepecified";
exit;
}

[hingis_rules]

Thanks man! I'll try it out.

[hingis_rules]

That got rid of that "No file sepecified" error when the page is first loaded.

When I click on Send file without entering anything in the form I do not get the "No file sepecified" message. How can I make this happen?

Is it posible to get the File types to default to "Pictures (.jpg,gif) rather then the default of "All Files(.)" in the Choose file dialog box when the user clicks on "Browse"

Thanks

Hingis Rules

[laserlight]

well, that's because Blob made an accidental logic error, using !empty() when empty() should be used.

[laserlight]

hmm.. I think I made a mistake too, in my answer, that is 😛

well, you could check that the submit button was pressed and/or MAX_FILE_SIZE was set before checking that the file was entered.