File upload not working with $_FILES

Question

In my PHP web page I have a file type input in a form and when I submit it I can get the file name which was uploaded with $_POST['upload'] but if I use $_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'] it gives nothing -- why? How can I use $_FILES to get the file to attach it to my email?

have you set the form `enctype` to `multipart/form-data`? See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4.2 — Geoffrey, Aug 05 '12 at 12:49

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 05 '12 at 14:02

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You got nothing when you use $_FILE because you didn't use the enctype attribute on your form. Check how to use it here.

edited Aug 05 '12 at 14:02

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answered Aug 05 '12 at 13:25

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score 5 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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<form method="POST"  action=#" enctype="multipart/form-data">
</form>

$path_of_uploaded_file = $upload_folder . $name_of_uploaded_file;
$tmp_path = $_FILES["uploaded_file"]["tmp_name"];
if(is_uploaded_file($tmp_path))
{
 if(!copy($tmp_path,$path_of_uploaded_file))
 {
    $errors .= '\n error while copying the uploaded file';
}

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Aug 05 '12 at 12:50

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File upload not working with $_FILES

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