php fail to upload file

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I have a problem with uploading file with PHP. The html code is

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" id="form" action="action.php">
    <input type="file" name="file"/><br/><br/>
    <input type="submit" id="upload" value="Upload"/>
</form>

and the PHP segment is

if($_FILES["file"]["error"]>0){
    $result['status'] = -1;
    $result['message'] = 'Unknown Error';
}
else{
    $file = $_FILES["file"];
    $savepath = '/CSV Files/'.$file["name"];
    move_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'],$savepath);
}

The problem is the $result['status'] is not -1, but the $file is a null. And the strange thing is, the code worked well days ago, and suddenly died recently.Hope somebody could help me out. Thanks a lot!

Sidenote: You're using an absolute path $savepath = '/CSV Files/'.$file["name"]; which may not work. If running your code from the root, change it to $savepath = 'CSV Files/'.$file["name"]; without the leading / while making sure the folder has write permissions set. You should also consider not using a space between CSV and Files but using an underscore. @CharlesDou — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 19:27

Krish R · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 19:21:25Z

1

You have missed to add method="POST" in your <form> tag

<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="form" action="design.php">
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

answered Feb 19, 2014 at 19:21

Krish R

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Krish R Over a year ago

May be the reason for upload folder path

CharlesDou Over a year ago

Well, I didn't provide the full path in here, but I am sure the path itself has no problem. The problem is $_FILES is empty.

Krish R Over a year ago

print_r($_FILES); what is the output

CharlesDou Over a year ago

var_dump($_FILES) says "array(0) {}" and print_r($_FILES) says "Array()"

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