How to set default value to my file input tag?

Question

I have this code

<input name="GG" type="file" value="< ?php echo $data['image'] ?>">

I hope this can give default value in form edit, but it's not work. How to set default value in my input tag?

you can't set default value for type="file". See the doc: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_value.asp. The value attribute cannot be used with — aslantorret, Apr 24 '17 at 05:38
Possible duplicate of [How to set a value to a file input in HTML?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1696877/how-to-set-a-value-to-a-file-input-in-html) — aslantorret, Apr 24 '17 at 08:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 05:46

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See the docs: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_value.asp. The value attribute cannot be used with <input type="file">

answered Apr 24 '17 at 05:46

aslantorret

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