Can't access filename with $_FILES method, PHP

Question

I am trying to build a file uploader, with a youtube tutorial that doesn't cover files, and right now I am stuck on the name. Using $_Files returns nothing and I am unsure as to why. :/

I tried to echo it out, but nothing comes back.

Everything else seems to work though.

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php

error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');

$con = mysql_connect("localhost","root","root");
if (!$con){
die("Can not connect: " . mysql_error());
}
mysql_select_db("example",$con);

if(isset($_POST['update'])){
$UpdateQuery = "UPDATE repo SET location='$_POST[location]', name='$_POST[name]', description='$_POST[description]' WHERE location='$_POST[hidden]'";               
mysql_query($UpdateQuery, $con);
};

if(isset($_POST['delete'])){
$DeleteQuery = "DELETE FROM repo WHERE location='$_POST[hidden]'";          
mysql_query($DeleteQuery, $con);
};

if(isset($_POST['add'])){

$AddQuery = "INSERT INTO repo (name, id, image, location, partners, description, date) VALUES ('$image_name', '','$_POST[uimage]', '$_POST[ulocation]', '$_POST[upartners]', '$_POST[udescription]', NOW())";         
mysql_query($AddQuery, $con);
};



$sql = "SELECT * FROM repo";
$myData = mysql_query($sql,$con);
echo "<table border=1>
<tr>
<th>Image</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Location</th>
<th>Partners</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Date</th>
</tr>";
while($record = mysql_fetch_array($myData)){
    ?>
<form action="mydata5.php"
method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<?php
echo "<tr>";

echo "<td>" . "<img src=Assets/Images/" . $record['name'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=text name=topic value=" . $record['name'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=text name=name value=" . $record['location'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=text name=name value=" . $record['partners'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=text name=description value=" . $record['description'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=text name=description value=" . $record['date'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=hidden name=hidden value=" . $record['location'] . " </td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=submit name=update value=update" . " </td>";
echo "<td>" . "<input type=submit name=delete value=delete" . " </td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "</form>";
}
echo "<form action=mydata5.php method=post>";
echo "<tr>";

// echo "<td><input type=file name=uimage></td>";

?>

<td><input type="file" name="uimage" id="uimage"></td>

<?php
$file = $_FILES['uimage']['tmp_name'];
$image_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_FILES['uimage']['name']);
echo $_FILES['uimage']['error'];

echo "<td><input type=hidden name=uname></td>";
echo "<td><input type=text name=ulocation></td>";
echo "<td><input type=text name=upartners></td>";
echo "<td><input type=text name=udescription></td>";

echo "<td>" . "<input type=submit name=add value=add" . " </td>";
echo "</form>";
echo "</table>";
mysql_close($con);

?>

</body>
</html>

add this in form tag, enctype="multipart/form-data" – Adeel Mughal Jan 21 '15 at 07:57 — Adeel Mughal, Jan 21 '15 at 07:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 07:56

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You need to add enctype="multipart/form-data" in the form tag.

answered Jan 21 '15 at 07:56

Gaurav

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 07:57

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For file type fields you need to add enctype attribute in your form so that uploaded files can be access using $_FILES

Update form starting tag with below

<form action="mydata5.php"
method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

answered Jan 21 '15 at 07:57

Bhavya Shaktawat

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Hey, thanks for the quick help. I added it and edited my post. I still doesn't seem to do anything. Am I using my name/id wrong? – Ozymandias Jan 21 '15 at 08:06
Yes, you need to pack the field name in quotes – Bhavya Shaktawat Jan 21 '15 at 08:11
when I do that the site doesn't load at all anymore. :/ – Ozymandias Jan 21 '15 at 08:14
update your form to pack field type and name in quotes and then check $_FILES['uimage']['error'] or check whether any error occurred or not – Bhavya Shaktawat Jan 21 '15 at 08:22
I put in the error check in the beginning and it tells me uimage is and undefined index. sigh I changed the forms too, to no avail it seems :C – Ozymandias Jan 21 '15 at 08:35
in your code there are two separate forms. And you have added enctype attribute in the form which does not contains file type field. Please add this form attribute in the form which contains file type field – Bhavya Shaktawat Jan 21 '15 at 09:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 21 '15 at 08:00

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Check your Insert Query.You are using $_POST for image name. That is wrong.

answered Jan 21 '15 at 08:00

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what? 0_0 no I am not. $AddQuery = "INSERT INTO repo (name, id, image, location, partners, description, date) VALUES ('$image_name', '','$_POST[uimage]', '$_POST[ulocation]', '$_POST[upartners]', '$_POST[udescription]', NOW())"; mysql_query($AddQuery, $con); – Ozymandias Jan 21 '15 at 08:02

Can't access filename with $_FILES method, PHP

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