Form probs with $_REQUEST and $_FILES

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  16 years ago

  by stevencreyelman

  stevencreyelman

  , United States

  Joined 16 years ago
  Something has me going nuts.
  
  I'm working on script which collects database info:
  
  1. Collect information about the tables in de db
  2. Collect information about the columns in the table
  3. Based on the columninfo (fieldname, type, ...) print out a form from which users can upload data to the table in the db
  
  Everything worked fine until I tried to implement the uploading of files. For some idiot reason the filename collected from $_FILES is being put at the end of string I'm using to add to the database.
  
  I'm not going to post the script here as it really is too big.
  
  Can someone give me a short example of how to write the following form to a database:
  
  Code:

  
  <input type="text" name="textvar">
  <input type="file" name="filevar">
  <input type="text" name="textvar2">
  <input type="text" name="textvar3">
  

  
  
  What the script should do is collect both vars and their values using $_REQUEST, $_POST or /and $_FILES.
  
  Each value should then be added to another var called e.g. $happyvar, which afterwards will be used in the INSERT command for the MySQL db.
  
  As I don't know what the vars are going to be used in a tabel simply using $textvar, $filevar and $filevar_name won't do the trick.
  
  As far as I can see the problem has something to do with the combination of $_REQUEST and $_FILES I am using.
  
  Someone please help!
  
  Thx,
  
  Steven
  
  Note: I know how to use db etc., so you I really only interested in how to collect the data of this mixed form ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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