Upload file not working

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I have the following page:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> Click Browse and choose a file from your PC<br /><br /> <form method="POST" action="_URL_" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="IMGform"> <input type="file" name="image_upload"><br /><br /> <input class="button" type="Submit" value="Change Image"> <input type="hidden" name="add_image" value="true"> </form> </body>

It simply produces nothing when I add a file to upload.

var_dump($_POST) only produces:

array(1) { ["add_image"]=> string(4) "true" }

Sampson · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-18 16:59:02Z

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Files are available through $_FILES, not $_POST.

See the documentation for further information.

answered Apr 18, 2012 at 16:59

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drew010 · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-18 16:59:22Z

In PHP when files are uploaded, they are accessible via the $_FILES superglobal, rather than in the $_POST superglobal. See POST Method Uploads

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