Php server 5.3.3 doesn't detect attachment file in my Post requests (5.4.3 does)

Question

I'm using android volley - http multipart request to post a mime file to my php server. Php 5.4.3 can catch the attachment file but php 5.3.3 didn't:

$_FILES['uploadedfile'] == empty array

(the request is good - good request length).

Can someone explains? Why php 5.3.3 didn't? Thanks, I'm new in PHP.

How to send a “multipart/form-data” POST in Android with Volley

My http request:

{MultipartFormEntity@830061806024} 
 multipart = {HttpBrowserCompatibleMultipart@830061809784} 
  parts = {ArrayList@830059119584}  size = 1
   0 = {FormBodyPart@830067533016} 
    body = {ByteArrayBody@830067487680} 
    header = {Header@830067537968} "[Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploadedfile"; filename="test.mim", Content-Type: application/octet-stream, Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary]"
    name = {String@830059743272} "uploadedfile"
  boundary = {String@830061809752} "6ANZ75BgJPrWEv1L0jU9o-IKj5ftRzcpKiBqY7N"
  charset = {CharsetICU@830037109480} "java.nio.charset.CharsetICU[UTF-8]"
  subType = {String@830057480912} "form-data"
 contentType = {BasicHeader@830061692384} "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=6ANZ75BgJPrWEv1L0jU9o-IKj5ftRzcpKiBqY7N; charset=UTF-8"
  name = {String@830037147880} "Content-Type"
  value = {String@830061806056} "multipart/form-data; boundary=6ANZ75BgJPrWEv1L0jU9o-IKj5ftRzcpKiBqY7N; charset=UTF-8"
 contentLength = 4299

In the link in your question, try reading @Kevin comment at my answer to see if it can be the same issue for your PHP server or not. — BNK, Sep 25 '15 at 15:15
I'm using "org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-android:4.3.5" and in class "org.apache.http.entity.mime.FormBodyPart" the space is good. Anyway, thanks for your help. — Anh-Tuan Mai, Sep 25 '15 at 15:26
Your solution without apache http worked! Thank you very much. I'm looking deeper for the reason (possibly your getBody() function makes it works) — Anh-Tuan Mai, Sep 28 '15 at 13:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '15 at 13:51

This code broke php function:

    try {
        entityBuilder.setCharset(CharsetUtils.get("UTF-8"));
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

>> Content-Type =
    multipart/form-data; boundary=1ft_IEmfaejQeazBUZDaPUqA-bkzkalk0; charset=UTF-8

In fact, this code above made php server doesn't get the uploaded file since it having charset type after boundary part. The Content-Type below make my code works:

    multipart/form-data; boundary=1ft_IEmfaejQeazBUZDaPUqA-bkzkalk0

I guest in some version, php server dont recognize uploaded file in first case. Thanks BNK very much for your suggestion.

Php server 5.3.3 doesn't detect attachment file in my Post requests (5.4.3 does)

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