Question

Can I use:

<input type="file" name="files" id="files" multiple="multiple" />

and bind it to:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Upload(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
{
    ...
}

I’m writing a web app for modern browsers and don’t have to worry about IE so I’d like to avoid using Flash. Right now files is always null when I post the form. Is there any way to get this to work in MVC 3?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Do you have your encoding set correctly in your form?

I believe you still need:

new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }

In the form declaration to ensure the browser can post files.

For example:

@using (Html.BeginForm("action", "controller", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))