Notice: Undefined index:

[dcjones]

Hi all,

I am trying to create a form which allows the user to select the name of a file for upload and at the same time write the name of the file to a string so I can insert it in to my data table. When I run the test cade I get the error "Notice: Undefined index: bookcover"

This is what I have:

THE FORM

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="test2.php" method="POST">

<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="10000000"> 
<table> 
<tr> 
<td>Please select a bookcover to UpLoad</td> 
</tr> 
<tr> 
<td><input name="bookcover" id="bookcover" type="file" size ="60"/></td> 
</tr>
<tr> 
<td><input type="submit" value="Add bookcover!"><input type="reset"></td> 
</tr> 
</table> 
</form> 

THE SCRIPT

error_reporting(E_ALL); 
ini_set("display_errors", 1); 


$path = $_POST['bookcover'];
$file = basename($path);         

$file = basename($path, ".php"); 


print $file  

[laserlight]

Since the corresponding form element has a type attribute value of "file", the data is available in $FILES, not $POST.

Oh, and you should be using isset, empty or array_key_exists before using the incoming variable.

[dcjones]

Hi LaserLight,

Thanks for your reply, I should have know where I was going wrong.

Can you advise on how I can get the content of $_FILES'bookcover'] in to a string.

Many thanks

[laserlight]

Read the PHP manual on POST method uploads.