From b097103f13d57577c0723debc90bf39def81d258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Olson <philip@php.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 03:56:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Mention enctype="multipart/form-data" as being required for
 file uploads, and some minor text revisions.

git-svn-id: https://svn.php.net/repository/phpdoc/en/trunk@130331 c90b9560-bf6c-de11-be94-00142212c4b1
---
 features/file-upload.xml | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/features/file-upload.xml b/features/file-upload.xml
index 1a4ec512dd..4b9b8cd7f0 100644
--- a/features/file-upload.xml
+++ b/features/file-upload.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.59 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.60 $ -->
  <chapter id="features.file-upload">
   <title>Handling file uploads</title>
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
    <para>
     A file upload screen can be built by creating a special form which
     looks something like this:
+   </para>
+   <para>
     <example>
      <title>File Upload Form</title>
      <programlisting role="html">
@@ -46,9 +48,14 @@ Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file">
 ]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
-    The _URL_ should point to a PHP file.  The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden
-    field must precede the file input field and its value is the
-    maximum filesize accepted.  The value is in bytes.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    The "_URL_" in the above example should be replaced, and point to a PHP
+    file.  The MAX_FILE_SIZE hidden field (measured in bytes) must precede
+    the file input field, and its value is the maximum filesize accepted.
+    Also, be sure your file upload form has
+    <literal>enctype="multipart/form-data"</literal> otherwise the file
+    upload will not work.
     <warning>
      <para>
       The MAX_FILE_SIZE is advisory to the browser. It is easy to 
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ Send this file: <input name="userfile" type="file">
     The contents of <link linkend="reserved.variables.files">$_FILES</link>
     from our example script is as follows. Note that this assumes the use of 
     the file upload name <emphasis>userfile</emphasis>, as used in the example 
-    script above.
+    script above.  This can be any name.
     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
       <term><varname>$_FILES['userfile']['name']</varname></term>