Not all variables passed in POST [duplicate] - php

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I'm working on a (supposedly) simple page and script to send an email with an attachment, but have run into a problem where the last value is not sent in POST. Danged if I can figure it out.
The HTML from the sending page is:
<form action="contact_reply.php" method="post" name="form1" required="required" id="form1" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
<p>
<input type="hidden" name="PageURL" value="<?php echo GetSelfURL() ?>" />
</p>
<p>Your Name<br />
<span id="sprytextfield1">
<input name="MSG_Name" type="text" required="required" id="MSG_Name" tabindex="1" size="70" maxlength="70" />
</span>
</p>
<p>Your Email Address<br />
<span id="sprytextfield2">
<input name="MSG_Email" type="text" required="required" id="MSG_Email" tabindex="2" size="70" maxlength="70" />
</span>
</p>
<p>Subject<br />
<span id="sprytextfield3">
<input name="MSG_Subject" type="text" required="required" id="MSG_Subject" tabindex="3" size="70" maxlength="70" />
</span>
</p>
<p>Message<br />
<span id="sprytextarea1">
<textarea name="MSG_Text" required="required" id="MSG_Text" cols="70" rows="5" tabindex="4"></textarea>
</span>
</p>
<?php
if ($Allow_Attachments)
{
?>
<p>Attachment (images only):
<input name="MSG_Attachment" type="file" id="MSG_Attachment" tabindex="5" accept="image/*" multiple >
</p>
<?php
}
?>
<p align="center">
<input
type="submit"
name="Contact_SendBtn"
id="Contact_SendBtn"
value="Submit"
tabindex="5"
vakue="send"
style="width:60px"/>
</p>
</form>
The php on the receiving end is:
function CheckMessageInfo()
{
global $MSG_Name, $MSG_Email, $MSG_Subject, $MSG_Text, $MSG_Attachment, $MSG_Error;
$MSG_Error = '';
echo "<p>".var_dump($_POST)."</p>";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
{
if (empty($_POST["MSG_Name"]))
{
$MSG_Error .= "A name is required. ".PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
$MSG_Name = test_input($_POST["MSG_Name"]);
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$MSG_Name))
{
$MSG_Error .= "Only letters and spaces are allowed in the name. ".PHP_EOL;
}
}
if (empty($_POST["MSG_Email"]))
{
$MSG_Error .= "An email address is required. ".PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
$MSG_Email = test_input($_POST["MSG_Email"]);
if (!filter_var($MSG_Email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
$MSG_Error .= "Invalid email format. ".PHP_EOL;
}
}
if (empty($_POST["MSG_Subject"]))
{
$MSG_Error .= "A subject for the message is required. ".PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
$MSG_Subject = filter_var($_POST["MSG_Subject"],FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
}
if (empty($_POST["MSG_Text"]))
{
$MSG_Error .= "The message's text is required. ".PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
$MSG_Text = filter_var($_POST["MSG_Text"],FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
}
if (empty($_POST["MSG_Attachment"]))
{
$Allow_Attachments = FALSE;
}
else
{
$MSG_Attachment = $_POST["MSG_Attachment"];
}
return TRUE;
}
else
{
return FALSE;
}
}
The var_Dump line give me this:
array(6) {
["PageURL"]=> string(39) "www.vintagebankantiques.net/contact.php"
["MSG_Name"]=> string(4) "Mike"
["MSG_Email"]=> string(21) "me#myemail.com"
["MSG_Subject"]=> string(4) "test"
["MSG_Text"]=> string(21) "improved echo $_POST."
["Contact_SendBtn"]=> string(6) "Submit"
}
The "MSG_Attachment" variable is not listed. Where did it go?

Answer 1

You can get value of MSG_Attachment by
$_FILES['MSG_Attachment']["tmp_name"]
//if MSG_Attachment is array type
$_FILES['MSG_Attachment']["tmp_name"][0]
$_FILES['MSG_Attachment']["tmp_name"][1]
since MSG_Attachment input type is file, you can not get in POST.
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