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$FILES[$fv]['name'] is empty but NOT $FILES[$fv]['tmp_name']


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So I have a strange problem and I'm not quite sure where to look.

When I upload a file, the $_FILES array is filled up correctly except for the 'name' element which is always set to a blank array.  Everything else is set correctly and I have no problems reading the uploaded file using the tmp_name file name.  The problem is that I need to determine the file type and so need the original file extension. using print_r this is what I get:

Array
(
    [fileData] => Array
        (
            [name] => Array
                (
                )

            [type] => text/xml
            [tmp_name] => C:\PROGRA~1\EASYPH~1\\tmp\php29F.tmp
            [error] => 0
            [size] => 1222
        )

)

Ok so I get the type in the php array, but research tells me that you can't always rely on that.

I should also say that I'm using EASYPHP windows with PHP version 4.3.10.  Do I need to set a flag to get this info, or is a windows implementation bug or something else?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I think my form is ok, it's not the ubiquitous enctype problem (I hope!)

<form name="galleryForm" method="post" action="uploadPage.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table>
          <tr>
            <td>Upload File :</td>
            <td>
              <input type="file" name="fileData">
            </td>
          </tr>
</table>
</form>
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sorry chopped that part off, here's the submit button
<form name="galleryForm" method="post" action="uploadPage.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table>
          <tr>
            <td>Upload File :</td>
            <td>
              <input type="file" name="fileData">
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr><td><input type="image" src="images/icons/save.gif" width="19" height="19" border="0" name="image"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
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Try adding a submit button instead. If you need it to be that picture, use this code instead: [code]<button type='submit' style='border: 0px; padding; 0px;'><img src='images/icons/save.gif' width='19' height='19' border='0'></button>[/code]
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Found it, bad coding......I thought the globals were read only, but earlier in the code due to misuse of preg_match was setting $_FILEs['fileData']['name'] to it result matches.

Thanks for all the suggestion, the button syntax was useful too, will now adopt :)
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