trouble with $_FILES

[onlyican]

Hey

I have a form, which allows someone to edit a product on there website
On the form, is 2 file fields
One for the PDF
One for the Photo

The way I am doing this, is checking if the $_FILES is set
for example, a snippet from the form is
[code]
<?php
echo ".<input type='hidden' name='old_pdf' value='".$old_pdf."' />\n"
."<input type='file' name='new_pdf' />\n";
?>
[/code]

then I am checking this by doding something like

[code]
if(isset($_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"]){
//Upload PDF
$new_pdf = $_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"];
}else{
$new_pdf = $_POST["old_pdf"];
}
[/code]

BUT
the form is coming up saying that $_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"]
is set, although I am not trying to upload a file

Anyone know a way to check if someone is tryna upload a file or not

[HuggieBear]

Try using empty() with tmp_name...

[code]<?php
if (!empty($_FILES['new_pdf']['tmp_name'])){
  $new_pdf = $_FILES['new_pdf']['tmp_name'];
}
else {
  $new_pdf = $_POST['old_pdf'];
}
?>[/code]

Regards
Huggie

[Cep]

I dont understand what your trying to do,

$_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"] is just going to return the name of a file you have selected with your input if a file is selected, there is nothing to check because you are not actually doing anything to the input value once you have it.

[xyn]

your error is you have MISSED ')'
Check : if(isset($_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"]){

try this...

if(isset($_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"])){
//Upload PDF
$new_pdf = $_FILES["new_pdf"]["name"];
}else{
$new_pdf = $_POST["old_pdf"];
}

[onlyican]

no, I was not getting an error
I typed that out so I did not miss the any brackets
using !empty works a dream
Im sorry, I thought I posted a thanks