Form Upload problem

[Adamthenewbie]

I have a form with a bunch of user input. one of the fields is a file upload.

The problem I have is there is validation on fields and if a user uploads a file and then one of the other fields don't pass the validation I am not sure how I can get that file to pre-populate.

For example I would like to do something like this:
<input type="file" name="file" value="<? echo $file; ?>">

Is there a way I can save this information so they don't have to press the browse button again?

[Bob_PHP_Builder]

im not too sure what you want but...
could you send the variable back so that the $file value has a value?

[Adamthenewbie]

Yeah that is what I am trying. Like the variable $file does contain the path to the file BUT the value attribute doesn't seem to work on the <input type = "file">

[Weedpacket]

No, you can't set the value of a file upload field yourself for security reasons.