philip Thu Jun 5 23:56:11 2003 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/features file-upload.xml
Log:
Mention enctype="multipart/form-data" as being required for file uploads,
and some minor text revisions.
Index: phpdoc/en/features/file-upload.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/features/file-upload.xml:1.59 phpdoc/en/features/file-upload.xml:1.60
--- phpdoc/en/features/file-upload.xml:1.59 Mon Apr 21 17:25:34 2003
+++ phpdoc/en/features/file-upload.xml Thu Jun 5 23:56:11 2003
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.59 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.60 $ -->
<chapter id="features.file-upload">
<title>Handling file uploads</title>
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
<para>
A file upload screen can be built by creating a special form which
looks something like this:
+ </para>
+ <para>
<example>
<title>File Upload Form</title>
<programlisting role="html">
@@ -46,9 +48,14 @@
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
- The _URL_ should point to a PHP file. The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden
- field must precede the file input field and its value is the
- maximum filesize accepted. The value is in bytes.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The "_URL_" in the above example should be replaced, and point to a PHP
+ file. The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field (measured in bytes) must precede
+ the file input field, and its value is the maximum filesize accepted.
+ Also, be sure your file upload form has
+ <literal>enctype="multipart/form-data"</literal> otherwise the file
+ upload will not work.
<warning>
<para>
The MAX_FILE_SIZE is advisory to the browser. It is easy to
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@
The contents of <link linkend="reserved.variables.files">$_FILES</link>
from our example script is as follows. Note that this assumes the use of
the file upload name <emphasis>userfile</emphasis>, as used in the example
- script above.
+ script above. This can be any name.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>$_FILES['userfile']['name']</varname></term>
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