Can anyone help me on this. I've been working it about 3 days. This is about updating the records. When I update the data, all data's updated except for the the "file". The "file" became empty on the database.
Here is the code for;
EDIT/UPDATE FORM:
<label style="color:#e91e63">Attachement</label>
  <div class="input-group input-group-md">
        <span class="input-group-addon">
            <i class="material-icons">file_upload</i>
        </span>
        <div class="form-line">
            <input type="file" name="files" id="files" required>
        </div>
    </div>
  <!-- Edited Date -->
      <input type="hidden" name="id" id="id" />
  <input type="submit" name="insert" id="insert" value="Insert" class="btn btn-success waves-effect" />
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $('#edit').click(function(){
    $('#insert').val("Insert");
    $('#insert_form')[0].reset();
  });
  $(document).on('click', '.edit_data', function(){
    var id = $(this).attr("id");
    var extension = $('#files').val().split('.').pop().toLowerCase();
    if(extension != '') {
      if(jQuery.inArray(extension, ['gif','png','jpg','jpeg', 'pdf']) == -1) {
        alert("Invalid File");
        $('#files').val('');
        return false;
      }
    }
      $.ajax({
      url:"script/fetch.php",
      method:"POST",
      data:{id:id},
      dataType:"json",
      success:function(data){
        $('#dated').val(data.dated);
        $('#ctrl_no').val(data.ctrl_no);
        $('#title').val(data.title);
        $('#category').val(data.category);
        $('#file').val(data.file);
        $('#fname').val(data.fname);
        $('#adate').val(data.adate);
        $('#createdby').val(data.createdby);
        $('#id').val(data.id);
        $('#insert').val("Update");
        $('#update_Modal').modal('show');
      }
    });
  });
  $('#insert_form').on("submit", function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
      $.ajax({
        url:"script/insert.php",
        method:"POST",
        data:$('#insert_form').serialize(),
        beforeSend:function(){
          $('#insert').val("Inserting");
        },
        success:function(data){
          $('#insert_form')[0].reset();
          $('#update_Modal').modal('hide');
          $('#refresh').html(data);
        }
      });
  });
});
</script>
Fetching the data from the database:
<?php
//fetch.php
$connect = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "record");
if(isset($_POST["id"]))
{
    $query = "SELECT * FROM dashboard WHERE id = '".$_POST["id"]."'";
    $result = mysqli_query($connect, $query);
    $row = mysqli_fetch_array($result);
    echo json_encode($row);
}
?>
Updating the data.
<?php
$connect = mysqli_connect("localhost", "root", "", "record");
if(!empty($_POST))
{
  $output = '';
  $message = '';
  $ctrl_no = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["ctrl_no"]);
  $title = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["title"]);
  $category = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["category"]);
  $fname = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["fname"]);
  $adate = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["adate"]);
  $createdby = mysqli_real_escape_string($connect, $_POST["createdby"]);
  //file upload
  $file = '';
  if($_FILES["files"]["name"] = '')
  {
    $file = upload_file();
  }
  else
  {
    $file = $_POST["file"];
  }
  if($_POST["id"] != '')
  {
    $query = "
    UPDATE `dashboard`
    SET
    `ctrl_no`='$ctrl_no',
    `title`='$title',
    `category`='$category',
    `file`='$file',
    `fname`='$fname',
    `adate` = '$adate',
    `createdby` = '$createdby'
    WHERE `id`='".$_POST["id"]."'";
    $message = 'Data Updated.';
  }
  if(mysqli_query($connect, $query))
  {
    $output .= "<div class='alert alert-success alert-dismissible'>
    <a href='#' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-label='close'>×</a>
    <strong>Success!</strong> $message
    </div>";
    $select_query = "SELECT * FROM `dashboard` ORDER BY `id` DESC";
    $result = mysqli_query($connect, $select_query);
    $output .= '
    <table id="dataTable" style="width:100%" class="table table-bordered table-striped table-hover">
    <thead>
    <tr>
    <th width="6%"><b>Date</b></th>
    <th width="8%"><b>Control No.</b></th>
    <th width="37%"><b>Title / Particular</b></th>
    <th width="17%"><b>Category</b></th>
    <th width="10%"><b>From /<br />End-user</b></th>
    <th width="10%"><b>File</b></th>
    <th width="7%"><b>Action</b></th>
    </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    ';
    while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
    {
      $output .= '';
    }
    $output .= '</tbody></table>';
  }
  echo $output;
}
function upload_file()
{
    if(isset($_FILES["files"]))
    {
        $extension = explode('.', $_FILES['files']['name']);
        $new_name = rand() . '.' . $extension[1];
        $destination = '../file/' . $new_name;
        move_uploaded_file($_FILES['files']['tmp_name'], $destination);
        return $new_name;
    }
}
?>
<!-- Alert Success -->
<script>
window.setTimeout(function() {
  $(".alert").fadeTo(500, 0).slideUp(500, function(){
    $(this).remove();
  });
}, 5000); //timeout
</script>
The only problem is the file that I can't update. Any ideas? Help is much appreciated. Thanks.
 
     
    