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Request #4335 Missing variable in $HTTP_POST_VARS when uploading a file through a form
Submitted: 2000-05-05 04:51 UTC Modified: 2001-02-10 14:18 UTC
From: noor at comrax dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 3.0.16 OS: FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-05-05 04:51 UTC] noor at comrax dot com 
Do the following simple steps to reproduce the problem:


In index.html put:
------------------
<html>

<body>
<form method="post" action="phpinfo.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<p><input type="file" name="FileVariable" size="30"></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send File"></p>

</form>
</body>

</html>


In phpinfo.php put:
-------------------
<? phpinfo( ); ?>


Now, go to index.html and press Browse to select a file from your hark drive. Then, press the "Send File" button.

After you've submitted the form, scroll down to "PHP Variables" section, and notice that there are 4 variables, which are:

PHP_SELF
HTTP_POST_VARS["FileVariable_name"]
HTTP_POST_VARS["FileVariable"]
HTTP_POST_VARS["FileVariable_size"]

Have you noticed already? Where is the HTTP_POST_VARS["FileVariable_type"] variable?

I know I can access it through $FileVariable_type, but it is more secured to access it through HTTP_POST_VARS["FileVariable_type"] when I know that the form uses POST method.

Thank you for your help.

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 [2001-02-10 14:18 UTC] jimw@php.net 
addressed in 4.0 with HTTP_POST_FILES.
 
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