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Unable to do File Upload in PHP

I am trying to learn to write file upload script in PHP. I don’t know why this doesn’t work. Please have a look

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<?php
$name=$_FILES["file"]["name"];

if(isset($name)) {
    if(!empty($name)) {
        echo $name;
    }
    else {
        echo 'Please choose a file';
    }
}
?>

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It gives an error message Notice: Undefined index: file in

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The html part is

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<form action="submissions.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> 
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /></form>

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I am using wamp on Windows. What may be the cause for the error ?

Answer 1

The clue is in the error message. The index ‘file’ doesn’t exist in the FILES array. At a guess because you have this code before you’ve sumitted the form?