Help with file upload

tcsnguy08

I have enclosed a form that I cannot get to post files. Using debugging, I have figured out that the post is going through, but not the files. Here is the code:

<font face=\"verdana\" size=\"2\"><br><br><form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">
<table width=\"600\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">
if (!isset($_SESSION['uploadcount'])){
$k = 1;
if (4 >= $numbers){
$i = $numbers;
}
if (4 < $numbers){
$i = 4;
}
while ($k <= $i){
echo"<tr><td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">".$k."</td><td align=\"center\">".$_SESSION['title'][$k]."<input type=\"file\" size=\"40\" name=\"upload".$k."\"><br><br></td></tr>";
$k++;
}

No matter what I do I cannot get this form to submit even a small text file. I have used this same code to upload images to my site, but I can't get it to work now. When I put the following code at the top of the page for debugging to see if the post is being set it turns out like this:

if (isset($_POST['upload1'])){
echo "if this shows up the post is being set?";
}

The above line shows up, however if I try to use this code in place of the $_POST['upload1'], it doesn't work, which it needs to in order for files to be uploaded:

This doesn't work
if (isset($FILES['upload1'])){
echo "$FILES['upload1']['name'];
}

even when I send the form to another page instead of Php_self, the form only shows up as being posted not the file itself. Can anyone find an error in my syntax? Thanks a bunch.

Pikachu2000

tcsnguy08 wrote:
I have enclosed a form that I cannot get to post files. Using debugging, I have figured out that the post is going through, but not the files. Here is the code:
<font face=\"verdana\" size=\"2\"><br><br><form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">
<table width=\"600\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">
if (!isset($_SESSION['uploadcount'])){
$k = 1;
if (4 >= $numbers){
$i = $numbers;
}
if (4 < $numbers){
$i = 4;
}
while ($k <= $i){
echo"<tr><td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">".$k."</td><td align=\"center\">".$_SESSION['title'][$k]."<input type=\"file\" size=\"40\" name=\"upload".$k."\"><br><br></td></tr>";
$k++;
}
No matter what I do I cannot get this form to submit even a small text file. I have used this same code to upload images to my site, but I can't get it to work now. When I put the following code at the top of the page for debugging to see if the post is being set it turns out like this:

if (isset($_POST['upload1'])){
echo "if this shows up the post is being set?";
}

The above line shows up, however if I try to use this code in place of the $_POST['upload1'], it doesn't work, which it needs to in order for files to be uploaded:

This doesn't work
if (isset($FILES['upload1'])){
echo "$FILES['upload1']['name'];
}

even when I send the form to another page instead of Php_self, the form only shows up as being posted not the file itself. Can anyone find an error in my syntax? Thanks a bunch.

I haven't worked with file uploads in forever, and even then it was very limited, but to start with, delete the double quote in this statement after echo():

echo "$_FILES['upload1']['name'];

Might try an else statement for debugging as well.

else
{
       echo( "Cratered." );
}

Also, the first line has an unescaped quote after <font face=

tcsnguy08

Yeah it wasn't the unescaped quotes cause I changed it and it still didn't work. This is what the form is sending to, what I am using to debug it.

if (isset($_POST['upload1'])){
echo $_FILES['upload1']['name'];
} else {
echo " whats going on?";
}

The above echoes nothing because the the file name and/or file isn't being sent through the post, but the $_POST['upload1'] is becoming true because the ['upload1'] is being posted. The } else { statement is always coming up false because the post variable is being sent through. If I change the above to this then it becomes false:

if (isset($_FILES['upload1'])){
echo $_FILES['upload1']['name'];
} else {
echo " whats going on?";
}

If the post is going through shouldn't the file as well?

tcsnguy08

I tried another way to ddebug and I may be getting closer to the problem. When the page is reloaded via PHP_SELF I put this at the top to print the entire contents of the post array and the file name $POST['upload1'] appears in the array list under ['upload1']. However somehow the file or it's information isn't being sent via $POST. If anyone has an idea please let me know. I have uploaded items before and have not had this problem. This is what I use to print the array after page reload.

if (isset($POST['uploadsongs1_x'])){
print_r($POST);
}

leatherback

nope. The file is sent via the files.

Try adding:
print_r($_FILES);

You DO use a file upload box, and not a textbox, for the file upload, right 😃

CRichardson

You need the following in your form head:

enctype="multipart/form-data"

For example:

<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart/form-data\">

tcsnguy08

Yeah the file is uploaded via a file upload box. I have also tried print_r($_FILES) to debug it, and nothing echoed meaning the isset statement was true, but since the was no file in the array it echoed no0thing. However I did forget the enctype so I will try that and see how that works. Come to think of it, I think that may be on all of my upload code except for this particular one, will let you know.

tcsnguy08

I put in the enctype and still doesn't work. Here is my full code for the form and the debugging info. When I put in the print_r($_POST) it prints this.

Array ( [upload1] => C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Text Document (3).txt [upload2] => [upload3] => [upload4] => [uploadsongs1_x] => 45 [uploadsongs1_y] => 15 )

When I put in print_r($_FILES) it prints this:

Array()

I thought it might also be a php.ini problem and checked to see if somehow file uploads becaming disabled, they are enabled on my website, so that's not the problem.
Here is my code all in one piece:

if (isset($POST['uploadsongs1_x'])){
print_r ($FILES);
}
$SESSION['numbers'] = 12;
$numbers = $SESSION['numbers'];
if (!isset($SESSION['uploadcount'])){
$k = 1;
if (4 >= $numbers){
$i = $numbers;
}
if (4 < $numbers){
$i = 4;
}
while ($k <= $i){
echo"<tr><td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">".$k."</td><td align=\"center\">".$SESSION['title'][$k]."<input enctype=\"multipart/form-data\" name=\"upload".$k."\" size=\"40\" type=\"file\"><br><br></td></tr>";
$k++;
}
echo"<tr><td></td><td align=\"center\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"images/submitbutton.jpg\" name=\"uploadsongs1\"></td></tr></table></form>";

Can anyone find something that would cause this to screw up?

tcsnguy08

Sorry I forgot to add the top part that has the form send info here it is:

<form action=\"".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."\" method=\"post\">
<table width=\"600\" bgcolor=\"#EEEEEE\">
";

tcsnguy08

After a little tinkering I found out what was wrong. I had the enctype in the input section and not in the form header like it should've been. That's a big duh on my part.