ricmetal Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 hi guys can someone tell me what the hell that name means please and how to access it? <input type="file" class="upload" name="fileX[]" /> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 23, 2010 Share Posted May 23, 2010 The name represents an array in PHP and can be accessed as $_GET['fileX'] or $_POST['fileX'] Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 hi im accessing it as i would any other POST variable but i'm not getting any outpution what's happening is that im building a multifile upload thing and for each file i select, i hide the file input element and add another one in the same place to look like it's always the same one. i'm give it the name (its not me - following a tut and tweaking). the new name for each input is name="fileArray[]" what does this code do? does it automatically create fileArray[0] = "name of the file selected"; ? i've tried outputting $_POST[fileArray[0]]; with no success :/ Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1Fan Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 You have your brackets in the wrong place: $_POST['fileArray'][0]; If all else fails, do this to see what you're getting: print_r($_POST); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 there seems to be a bug in php or html google "empty post php" the only thing i was able to change and get my code to work was changing from enctype="multipart/form-data" to "multipart/mixed" else print_r($_POST); always retunred empty Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1Fan Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Post your code. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 <?php session_start(); ?> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html><head><title>title</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" > <meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"> <link href="../css/panel.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="../css/photos.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <? include 'phpincludes/menu.php' ?> <div id="sectionTitleDiv">Photos</div> <form name="uploadForm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <table id="mainTable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td id="selectorTd" valign="top"> <div id="fileSpecs">Allowed extension: <b>jpg</b><br />Max file size: <b>250Kb</b><br />Max image dimensions: <b>100px</b>(width),<b>150px</b>(height)<br/>Max images: <b>30</b></div> <div> <input type="file" name="fileArray" id="inputElement"/> </div> </td> <td id="galleryTd" valign="top"><?php print_r($_POST); ?></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="footer"><input type="submit" value="Save"/></td></tr> </table> </form> </div> </div> </body> </html> edit: that doesn0t even work, without an array. i simplified for simplification edit2:i kept out the javascript to hide the input field and replace it with another one. using jquery. i dont think it's relevant, cause with that code simply changing to form-data breaks the post anyway Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 you guys sure you can access the file using $_POST using form enctype=multipart/form-data? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Yes this works on every element: <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> <input type="checkbox" name="checked[]"> print_r($_POST['checked']);//returns an array of all those which are checked. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 well, this does not work <form name="uploadForm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="file" name="fileToUpload"/><br/> <?php print_r($_POST['fileToUpload']); ?><br> <input type="submit" value="Save"/> </form> ...so im guessing either u cannot call a file directly through post, or there's a bug with the enctype Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 well, this does not work That's because it's $_FILE['fileToUpload'], I possibly forgot to mention that for uploads a different global was used. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1Fan Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Here's a quick little tutorial that may help: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_upload.asp Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 i know abuot $_FILES i was asking about $_POST because you guys mentioned $_POST continuously. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1Fan Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 ignace and I were both overlooking the fact that you had an input type of "file." If you have a form with enctype="multipart/form-data", then the file type is $_FILE and all other inputs are still $_POST. So, to correct my first post: $_FILE['fileArray'][0]; Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricmetal Posted May 24, 2010 Author Share Posted May 24, 2010 yep thanks Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/202662-whats-this/#findComment-1062734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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