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Working with sessions and input type=file in a multi-page form

Hi

I need to make a multi-page form. One of the pages will have "input type=file" elements.
1. Is it possible to save these values in session variables for posting? Will the actual file upload somehow be done when I finally submit the whole form?
2. Regarding posting generally: How do I post session variables at the end of the process of the user filling in all the pages? Do I make a dummy form with hidden variables for all the variables previously saved as session variables?

Thank you
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dr_dedo

regarding question number 2, why would u need to post session variables anyway?????? u use $_POST to get data from the user, and usually u add it to db, mail it, or do whatever u want with it, now, u already have the data you want, why do u want to have it as POST ?????
instead of having this query "select name from table1 where lname=$_POST['lname'], u can use select name from table1 where lname=$_SESSION['lname'] !!

got me ?? i mean u already got the data, and if u must have in $_POST[] form, then make $_POST['lname'] = $_SESSION['lname'] (POST is an array after all)

for question 1..... it is so tricky !!!

tr5

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Thanks for the explanation.

soapergem

Oh whoops, I hope you noticed my silly error. When I listed out the four different properties of $_FILES, the list should have looked like this:

$_FILES['uploadFile']['tmp_name']
$_FILES['uploadFile']['name']
$_FILES['uploadFile']['size']
$_FILES['uploadFile']['error']

(Since we named it "uploadFile" in the HTML portion.) But I think that should have become clear with the rest of my comment.

And as for you, dr_dedo, what on Earth do you mean when you ask, "why would u need to post session variables anyway??????" (You didn't need to use six question-marks; one will suffice.) There are myriad reasons anyone would want to do this! It is true that you usually do things with the $_POST variables like add them to databases, mail them, etc., but storing them across sessions is also a perfectly logical thing to do in a number of cases.