$_FILES cannot access <input type="file"> in PHP

Question

Please forgive if this is a silly question. I am trying to learn to upload an image to a website. The code I am using is:

<?php

$name = $_FILES ['file']['name'];
$size = $_FILES ['file']['size'];
$type = $_FILES ['file']['type'];
$tmp_name = $_FILES ['file']['tmp_name'];
$error = $_FILES ['file']['error'];

echo $name . $type . $size;

?>

<form action="test.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/file-data">

    <input type="file" name="file">
    <br><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">


</form>

And I'm getting the following error:

Notice: Undefined index: file in C:\wamp\www\Learning\test.php on line ...

I've already checked to see if file upload is enabled in php.ini, and it is. I already tried to nest everything inside two "if" statement, as follows:

if (isset($_FILES['file'])){
if (!empty($_FILES['file'])){
....
variables here
....
echo $name . $size . $type;
}
}

But in this case nothing happens in the page, even when I do select an image from the browse button.

Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

Thanks in advance

it only gives me no error if I enclose it within if statement now (after changing file-data to form-data. Otherwise, it gives error says 'file' is 'undefined index'. — Ahmad
– Ahmad, Commented Dec 12, 2015 at 15:42

musafar006 · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-12 14:58:31Z

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change enctype="multipart/file-data" to enctype="multipart/form-data"

answered Dec 12, 2015 at 14:58

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musafar006 Over a year ago

no problem. Next time make sure you double-check all typos before you post... :)

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