Question

I have two elements on my form – textarea and file element for file uploads.
I need one of the two not to be empty in order for the form to get submitted.
Here is how I check it:

<?php

$text = $_POST['text'];
$uploadedfile = $_FILES['uploadedfile'];    
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

        if((empty($_POST['text'])) && (empty($_FILES['uploadedfile']))) {
                $errors .= 'Please either enter your text or attach a file.<br/><br/>';
            }

        }
if (!$errors) { do some code...
              header("Location: http://mysite.com/mysite/submitted.html");
} 
else {
            echo '<div style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"> The form was not sent. Some data is missing:<br />' . $errors . '<br/>
                    </div>';



        }
    }

?>

Here is my HTML:

    <form id="form" action="quot_form.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<p>
            <textarea rows="15" cols="50" name="text"><?php echo $text?></textarea>
        </p>
        <p class = "upload">        
            <input type="file" class="file" name="uploadedfile" />
        </p>
    </form>

Any idea why the form gets submitted even with both fields empty and no error message gets echoed?
Thank you!

Answer 1

You’re using a logical AND (&&) instead of a logical OR (||).

if((empty($_POST['text'])) || (empty($_FILES['uploadedfile']))) 

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Added: Looks like the files array is problematic to check in this manner. Try this:

if((empty($_POST['text'])) && ($_FILES['uploadedfile']['size'] < 1))