CakePHP and PHP file upload confusion

Question

In CakePHP view, When I try this code

    <?php echo $form->input('download_link', array('type'=>file)); ?>>

whose HTML output is

<input type="file" name="data[Publication][download_link]" value="" id="PublicationDownloadLink" />

is not working

but Plain HTML form in same view is working

<input type="file" name="download_link" class="engInput" />

Could somebody please explain why? Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your quick reply. But it's still not working. Please look at the question again, I've updated it. — nepalipunk
– nepalipunk, Commented Jan 5, 2012 at 6:56
what do you mean by 'not working'? It is outputting html, as it is suppose to. — Vigrond
– Vigrond, Commented Jan 5, 2012 at 7:13
In controller, if I put this code code $test=$_FILES["download_link"]["type"]; var_dump($test); code CakePHP code returns null but Plain HTML returns file type. — nepalipunk
– nepalipunk, Commented Jan 5, 2012 at 9:52
Cake stores the POST values of a form in a data array for you, which can be accessed as $this->data or $this->request->data. Mixing and matching reserved PHP variables and Cake is probably not wise at this particular point. — mensch
– mensch, Commented Jan 5, 2012 at 10:00

konsolenfreddy · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-05 06:45:34Z

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It should be:

input('download_link', array('type'=>'file'));

(Note the quotes around file)

answered Jan 5, 2012 at 6:45

konsolenfreddy

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