[RESOLVED] My brain is about to explode - what am I doing wrong?

Jsn7821

In the form:

<input name="file" type="file" size="40">

Processing the form:

echo $_POST['file']; //returns nothing
echo "$file"; //returns the file

why oh why is $_POST['file'] comming up blank.... (mind you ive spent about an hour pulling my hair out to figure this out)

toplay

If you're trying to upload a file, then you should be using $_FILES['file']['name'] (or 'tmp_name' for file put on the server) to get the name for example. See the following manual page for more info:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php#AEN6998

hth.

Jsn7821

THANK YOU! I'm suprised $_POST gets nothing from that though.

toplay

Well, it's because you have type="file" in your html form.

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Happy coding.

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