Question

I want to add all the form values to my database, i know how to insert new records, but with the “Image” i would like to upload, i`m stuck.

What would be the simplest way to insert all from values and upload the image and insert the image url in the database?

Form Source:

<form action="_eventcreate.php" id="contactform" method="POST">
<p>
<label for="event_name">Event Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="event_name" class="input" value="">
</p><p>
<label for="event_description">Description:</label>
<input type="text" name="event_description" cols="88" rows="6" class="input" value="">
</p><p>
<label for="event_date">Event Date:</label>
<input type="text" name="event_date" class="input" value="">
</p><p>
<label for="event_time">Event Time:</label>
<input type="text" name="event_time" class="input" value="">
</p><p>
<label for="event_cost">Event Cost:</label>
<input type="text" name="event_cost" class="input" value="">
</p><p>
<label for="event_image">Upload Image:</label>
<input type="file" name="fileField" id="fileField" />
</p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Event" class="submit">                    
</form>

Thanks!

Answer 1

1) Use <input type="file" name="image"/> for the upload.

2) In the form tag add: enctype="multipart/form-data"

3) Use the $_FILES collection to get the info about the uploaded file(s).

4) Use is_uploaded_file(), move_uploaded_file() to check for the file & move it to its final destination.

5) Make sure you save the file in a directory which is accessible through the web & create a URL for it to be saved in the database.

Check out: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.post-method.php