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Asked: 2026-06-06T16:35:36+00:00

I have an email attachment form that is working fine when the <form action=processingtheformfile.php>

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I have an email attachment form that is working fine when the <form action="processingtheformfile.php"> is sent to another PHP file to process.

However, when I try to implement the same idea to a form that is simply <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> and then use a 

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$tmp_name = $_FILES['filename']['tmp_name'];
$type = $_FILES['filename']['type'];
$name = $_FILES['filename']['name'];
$size = $_FILES['filename']['size'];

before the HTML of file, the attachment ends up being noname.txt everytime, regardless of file type.

Is this because the $_FILES cannot work on a <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> action, or should I look elsewhere for my dilemna?

Pray this makes sense….

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  1. Editorial Team

    Forms that are used for uploading files need to have enctype="multipart/form-data" to make it work. Here’s an example:

    <form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="">

    Although you report that the first form works properly, I’m not sure it works reliably in all cases. Make sure it has this value for enctype so it’ll work properly.

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