submit form with type = file

Suite and Optimus Suite 5
#1

Are there any examples available showing how to use a form with a type=file field? I can’t find how to actually use a form to transfer a file back serverside. getItemValue only works on input items so I can’t even get the value of the file that was selected.

Thanks!

#2

There is no way to send file data by ajax, so dhtmlxForm doesn’t provide such kind of control.

#3

It should work fine if you put form into form tag with enctype=“multipart/form-data” and submit button, like:

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="server.php">
	<div id="myFormObj"></div>
	<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>

and

var formData = [{type: "file", name: "myFile", label: "Select file"}];
myForm = new dhtmlXForm("myFormObj", formData);

server.php > print_r($_FILES);

will return the following output:

Array
(
    [myFile] => Array
        (
            [name] => 1.gif
            [type] => image/gif
            [tmp_name] => /tmp/phptKoJxZ
            [error] => 0
            [size] => 507965
        )
)
#4

After clicking ok button i need to read the content of the file and store the data in to the editor how should i do this one

#5

You need to use server side for this.
1st step will uploading file, and 2nd one - reading it content and put it into editor.