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Hurricane Development
Hurricane Development

Reputation: 2464

PHP's $_FILES["file"]["name"] not functioning properly

Last time I asked a question here I messed up but I think I got it now. Please let me know if I can ask better :D

I am using an HTML form with PHP and am trying to get a file name. I am using Bootstrap for the formatting, my Form looks like this:

<form role="form" class="form-horizontal" action=<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> method="post">
  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="file" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Picture</label>
    <div class="col-sm-9">
      <input style="margin-top: 7.5px;" type="file" name="file" id="file" required>
    </div>
  </div>
  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-lg btn-block">Submit</button>
</form>

And then directly after that code I have this:

<?php echo "File: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"]; ?>

Which upon first visiting the page outputs just (which is correct):

File:

However after I select a file and hit submit the php code at the end still only outputs "File: "

Anyone know why this is happening?

Thank you very much

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3976

Answers (1)

John Conde
John Conde

Reputation: 219804

You're missing your enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute in your <form> tag. Without it the file will not upload.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" role="form" 
    class="form-horizontal" action=<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> method="post">

Upvotes: 9

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