Message: Undefined index: image - php

Question

I am trying to implement a post functionality and want to pick message and image from a php view. I am receiving an error Message: Undefined index: image although i have defined it in my view. this is my view
<?php echo form_open_multipart('search/post_func');?>
<div id="your_post">
<div id="post_image">
<img id ="post_img" src="<?php echo $this->config->item('base_url'); ?><?php echo '/application/css/'. $img ?>"/>
</div>
<textarea name="post" rows="5" cols="30" placeholder="Share an update..." id="post_text" rows="2" value=""></textarea>
<div class="liveurl-loader"></div>
<div id="clip">
<input name="image" type="file" id="attach" /> <!--THIS IS IMAGE-->
</div>
<div class="liveurl" id="edited">
<div class="close" title="Entfernen"></div>
<div class="inner">
<div class="details">
<div class="image" id="img_dis"> </div>
<div class="title" id="title"> </div>
<div class="description" id="desc"> </div>
<div class="video"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="wraper_thin">
<select name="share_with" class="select_this" >
<option value="public">Share with: public</option>
<option value="connections">Share with: connections</option>
</select>
<button id="share" type="submit">Share</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
this is my controller function where the problem is occurring
function post_func()
{
session_start();
echo $post_message=$_POST['post'];
echo $share_with=$_POST['share_with'];
echo $image=$_POST['image'];//ERROR IS HERE
if($image==null){
echo "<br/>no image<br/>";
}
else{
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$config['upload_path'] = './application/css';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = '100';
$config['max_width'] = '1024';
$config['max_height'] = '768';
$file = $_FILES['image']['image'];
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->initialize($config);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload())
{
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
echo "<br/>";
echo $this->upload->display_errors();
echo "<br/> image error<br/>";
}
else
{
echo "<br/> reached <br/>";
session_start();
$this->membership_model->insert_images($this->upload->data(),$email);
$data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());
echo "<br/ problem<br/>";
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
}
$public;
if($share_with=="public"){
echo "1";
$public=true;
}else{
echo "0";
$public=false;
}echo "-----------------------------<br/>";
echo $user=$this->session->userdata('user_identification');
$data = array
(
'userid'=> $user,
'public' => $public,
'message' => $post_message,
'picname' => "None"
);
$this->load->model('membership_model');
$this->membership_model->add_message($data);
echo "</br>";
echo $user=$this->session->userdata('user_identification');
}
I am confused about why the error is happening. Please HELP me.

Answer 1

It will be $_FILES
$image = $_FILES['image'];
print_r($image);
It will return an array so you need to print it.All the files,images which you are upload through the file type they all will be handeled by $_FILES and makesure that your form will be multipart like
<form enctype='multipart/form-data'>
<input type="file" name="image">
</form>