multipart/form-data and variable problem

[gbrian]

I'm having a strange problem--when I use this enctype on my form (for a file upload), I encounter a strange problem with other form variables that are passed back to the script.

IE--
<input class="a" type="submit" name="action" value="Make Changes">

If I print the value of $action, I do in fact see Make Changes, however-- the statement else if ($action == "Make Changes") { } does not work. I also added to the very top of my .php script if($action=="Make Changes"){echo "test";} -- it doesn't see it.

Am I missing something?

 

[kenrbnsn]

Try using $_POST['action'] in your comparisons. Also, you might want to dump out the whole $_POST superglobal array:

echo '<pre>';print_r($_POST);echo '</pre>';

to see what is being POSTed to your script.

Ken

 

[gbrian]

Nothing is being posted...why would this happen?

 

[Vragabond]

Your form may be using get to send the form data across pages -- inspect the form tag on the previous page. If method="" is omitted or is saying method="get" than you will need to inspect $_GET superglobal rather than $_POST. Simply replace them in the print_r statement.

 

[gbrian]

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="news.php">

If I replace news.php with asdf.php it will still come back to the same page--with no posted variables. Could the action not be pointing correctly?

 

[gbrian]

I don't understand. Everything posts correctly when I am not using multipart/form-data as the enctype.

 

[gbrian]

Update--it must be posted: If I echo $action it gives me a value, print_r($_POST) shows nothing, however.

And even though $action outputs "Make Changes", $action=="Make Changes" returns false...it must be something to do with the encoding type...

anyone have any insight?

 

[Vragabond]

Could be you're using an old version of php. $_POST was introduced in 4.1.0 as a replacement for $HTTP_POST_VARS. You could try using that.

 

[gbrian]

That was it, thanks. Now I'm back at my original problem though:

[action] => Make Changes

However, $action == "Make Changes" returns false. If I get rid of the multipart/form-data encoding, it returns true?

 

[Olavxxx]

Your problem might be the "make changes", as the " " will most likely be replaced with %20 or + (URL Encoded)

Try changing it to:
<input... value="update"

OR:

Try this for a change:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="news.php?action=update">

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster

 

[Meekos]

Try
$action = trim($HTTP_POST_VARS['action]);
if ($action == 'Make Changes') {
echo 'true';
} else {
echo 'false';
}

Hope this helps.