PHP / CodeIgniter - $_FILES being ignored completely

Question

I have the following in my view

<input class="file" name="mpfile[]" type="file" size="32" />

In my controller, i have the following code.

if(isset($_FILES['mpfile'])) {
    echo 'testing';
}

Fairly simple yes? .... Except that every time i run it, no matter if i have choosen a file or not, it runs ... Should it only run the echo if i have a file ready for input?

Answer 1

Make sure your FORM element has the following attributes:

method="POST"

and

enctype="multipart/form-data"

• Christian

Answer 2

check your PHP.ini for:

file_uploads = "1"
post_max_size = 50000
upload_max_file_size = 2M

do a phpinfo();

disclaimer php.ini values might be slightly off, but you'll find them I'm sure. the names are right, not sure if the values are.