File Upload

[zac]

I created a form and I am using a file upload feature. However, the file upload feature is not getting submitted to my form. Is there something I need create/direct to obtain the file upload image? All of the other information is being retained and submitted correctly.

Any help is very much appreciated.
Thanks

[michael.ka]

It might be that you have selected the wrong field type for the respective fields during the setup process. Here is how you can check and change that:

1. Go to “Edit Form”
   
2. Click the “Fields” tab
   
3. Look for your file upload field on the list
   
4. Check the “Field Type” column, “File” should be selected in the dropdown
   
5. Change if not
   

Your upload folder might also not have the right permissions or you might try to upload files which are too large or the wrong file format. You will have to check your “File” settings:

1. Go to “Settings”
   
2. Go to the “Files” tab
   
3. Click “Test Folder Permissions”
   
4. If you get an error message you will have to change folder permissions
   
5. Check the file size limit and whether you can actually upload the types of files you tried to upload (otherwise the upload will just quietly fail)
   

[zac]

Thanks a lot for the information. It worked beautifully!

[Ben]

Nice! Thanks Michael.

- Ben

[RJGonzalez]

It might be that you have selected the wrong field type for the respective fields during the setup process. Here is how you can check and change that:

1. Go to “Edit Form”
   
2. Click the “Fields” tab
   
3. Look for your file upload field on the list
   
4. Check the “Field Type” column, “File” should be selected in the dropdown
   
5. Change if not
   

Your upload folder might also not have the right permissions or you might try to upload files which are too large or the wrong file format. You will have to check your “File” settings:

1. Go to “Settings”
   
2. Go to the “Files” tab
   
3. Click “Test Folder Permissions”
   
4. If you get an error message you will have to change folder permissions
   
5. Check the file size limit and whether you can actually upload the types of files you tried to upload (otherwise the upload will just quietly fail)
   

How could i raise the file upload size to 3gigs

[Ben]

HI RJGonzalez,

For file uploads of that size, you'll need to edit the php.ini setting for the server. But honestly, I've never heard of anyone setting it that large. Users would be waiting for hours to upload a 3 gig file, so it's not terribly realistic.

Still, check out php.net about the php.ini settings.

Good luck!

- Ben

[RJGonzalez]

HI RJGonzalez,

For file uploads of that size, you'll need to edit the php.ini setting for the server. But honestly, I've never heard of anyone setting it that large. Users would be waiting for hours to upload a 3 gig file, so it's not terribly realistic.

Still, check out php.net about the php.ini settings.

Good luck!

- Ben

So it does not has to be set up on the script files just the php.ini. thank you

[robidigital]

I'm experiencing a strange issue similar in nature, only permissions/file-type/file-size don't seem to be the cause.

If I view a submission as an administrator or client I can choose a file, update and the file uploads to the server without any problem.

If I submit a file front the front-end form the file does not upload, but viewing the submission on the back-end shows the filename. The filename links to where the file should be but isn't and I get a file not found error.

I've even tried setting permissions to 777 on upload dir.

I'm using v2.0.0.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Ryan

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Turns out that I needed

Code:

enctype="multipart/form-data"

in my <form> tag

[Ben]

Ah! Thanks for posting the fix - glad you got it sorted out.

- Ben