Attach file in php and inserting in a database

Question

this is a normal HTML method of attaching a file.

form enctype=<"multipart/form-data" action="savefile.php" method="POST" name="myform">

Send this file:

 input name="myfile" type="file" onchange="document.forms['myform'].submit() ;" 
            
</form>

savefile.php

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["myfile"]["tmp_name"],

"upload/" . $_FILES["myfile"]["name"]);

echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["myfile"]["name"];

it works perfectly, my difficulty is that when I attach a file and it sends when I refresh the page, the file I attached still remains in the attachment, how can I clear it so it shows "No chosen file"

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '13 at 22:07

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You need to redirect the user with

 header("Location: yourpage.php");

Also, submitting your form that way might not work on every browser.

answered Jan 28 '13 at 22:07

Jean-Georges

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thanks very much, i have tried using this method but i failed in the past, seen that i have no other option – Kelvin Bala Jan 28 '13 at 22:34
i have a session variable called **$_SESSION['UserTO']** i would like to take along this session variable for example header('Location: http://localhost/chat1/chat.php'$usernameto=$_SESSION['UserTO'];); but it gives me some errors, is this correct? – Kelvin Bala Jan 28 '13 at 22:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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<input name="myfile" type="file" onchange="document.forms['myform'].submit() ;" />

And JAVASCRIPT

var myInput = $("#input[name='myfile']");       

function resetInput(){       
    myInput.replaceWith( myInput.val('').clone( true ) );
};

Call resetInput() after the upload.

Ripped and adapted From this thread

edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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answered Jan 28 '13 at 23:19

e-Learner

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Attach file in php and inserting in a database

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