Help: retrieve form values - multipart/form-data

[Seboko]

Hi I have a form that uploads a file the form is like this.

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method = "post" action="myFile.php">
<input type="file" name="file1">
</form>


Now I tried to get the field 'file1' in 'myFile.php' like this

$theFileName = $_POST['file1'];

This returns nothing.

But if i remove the part enctype="multipart/form-data" in the form tag
I get the value. How do I get the value without removing enctype="multipart/form-data"???

[bokeh]

$theFileName = $_FILES['file1']['name'];

That just gives the file name though. After the upload the file is stored in the temp directory as $_FILES['file1']['tmpname'] and will be deleted at the end of the script unless you do something with it like email it or file it.