file uploader PHP doesn't work, I don't know why

Question

My HTML FORM code:

        <form action="upload.php" method="GET" enctyped="multipart/form-data">
            <label for="file"> Filename:</label>
            <input type="file" name="loadedFile" id="file"/></br>
            <input type="submit" name="uploadItNow" value="Submit"/>
            hai, this is this the uploader.
        </form>

PHP File uploader script:

if (isset($_GET['uploadItNow'])) // checks if submit button has pressed
{

    if ($_FILES['loadedFile']["error"] > 0)

        echo "Error: ". $_FILES["loadedFile"] ["error"]. "</br>";


    else
    {
        echo "Upload: ". $_FILES["loadedFile"] ["name"]. "</br>";
        echo "Type: ". $_FILES["loadedFile"] ["type"] . "</br>";
        echo "Stored in: " .$_FILES["loadedFile"] ["tmp_name"];
        echo "Size: ". ($_FILES["loadedFile"] ["size"] / 1024). " Kb</br>";

        //Copies file from TEMP_PHP dir to d.default dir
        if (file_exists("." . $_FILES["loadedFile"]["name"]))
        {
            echo $_FILES["loadedFile"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
        }

        else
        {
            move_uploaded_file($_FILES["loadedFile"]["tmp_name"],"." . $_FILES["loadedFile"]["name"]);
            echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["loadedFile"]["name"];
        }
    }
}

For some reason it doesn't work, my scrip keeps going to this code:

echo $_FILES["loadedFile"]["name"] . " already exists. ";

Try changing "enctyped" in your form tag to "enctype" – MRR0GERS Jan 26 '12 at 15:08 — MRR0GERS, Jan 26 '12 at 15:08
Have you considered that the file exists? – Kristoffer Sall-Storgaard Jan 26 '12 at 15:08 — Kristoffer Sall-Storgaard, Jan 26 '12 at 15:08

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:12

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You need to use POST as well as change "enctyped" to "enctype".

<form action="upload.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:12

Jeremy Harris

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Thanks everyone for fast a fast repley! – user1171498 Jan 26 '12 at 20:19

Sergey L · Answer 2 · 2012-01-26T15:14:16.840

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Try to change form method to POST

<form action="upload.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

edited Jan 26 '12 at 15:14

answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:08

Sergey L

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:09

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Try using POST instead of GET

Maybe the file really does exist? And you're not thinking about the paths

answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:09

symcbean

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:59

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Change method to post and enctyped to enctype

<form action="upload.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">

answered Jan 26 '12 at 15:59

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file uploader PHP doesn't work, I don't know why

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