Question

i want to send an attachment in a form so i used this code .. !

   <form id="form1"  name="form1" autocomplete="off" enctype="multipart/form-data"
    method="post" novalidate action="triprequestexcuton.php">
     <input type="file" name="form_data" size="40"> 
      <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"> 

then in triprequestexcuton.php

 $form_data=$_POST['form_data'];
 $attachment = addslashes(fread(fopen($form_data, "r"), filesize($form_data)));
 $qry="insert into triprequest values('','". $attachment."');"; 
 $resultop=mysql_query($qry);

but one i check the database i find the fileld like this [BLOB – 0B] !
my problem with 0B !
so how can i fix it ?

Answer 1

The contents of files uploaded with POST over HTTP is not stored in $_POST, but in another special server variable called $_FILES, with this said you are not doing what you’re supposed to.

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