Getting value from <INPUT TYPE="file"

[RogerInHawaii]

I have a simple form on my page as follows:

 

<form METHOD=post ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
   <input TYPE="file" NAME="filename">
   .. other input fields...
</form>

 

which produces a text control plus a Browse button which allows the user to either directly enter a file name or select a file by bringing up a browse dialog.

 

After the user subsequently hits the Submit button for the form, in the processing of the form data I attempt to retrieve the file name that he has entered, with the following:

 

<?php
$TheFileName = $_POST['filename'];
?>

 

but no matter what the user enters the retrieved file name is always empty. I can always get the value in other form fields, but never the one in the File field.

 

What am I doing wrong?

[corbin]

I'm assuming you're trying to upload files?  If so, Google PHP uploads or something like that.

 

The files are stored in the $_FILES array, and each key of that array breaks down a little further to offer information about the files and what not ;p.