[RESOLVED] Remembering uploads in form after required field checking

louisl

I have an email form which a user can attach a file to.

I'm checking the data for required fields once the form is posted and re-presesenting the completed form with error messages if the required fields haven't been completed.

The problem I'm having is if a user chose to add a file, how do I prefill or remember the file in file upload field?

david8787

You can use javascript to send the value of the file input as a hidden type to your php script.

louisl

david8787;10943144 wrote:
You can use javascript to send the value of the file input as a hidden type to your php script.

Thanks, but I'm really looking for a php solution as I'm doing the form validation processing server side with php.

Weedpacket

louisl wrote:
The problem I'm having is if a user chose to add a file, how do I prefill or remember the file in file upload field?

Browser's don't allow pre-initialised or programmatically-set file upload fields, as this was found to be a significant security hole in the mid 1990s.

louisl

Weedpacket;10943207 wrote:
Browser's don't allow pre-initialised or programmatically-set file upload fields, as this was found to be a significant security hole in the mid 1990s.

Actually that makes perfect sense, what was I thinking!:eek: