Jquery/Ajax Form Submission (enctype=”multipart/form-data” ). Why does ‘contentType:False’ cause undefined index in PHP?

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contentType option to false is used for multipart/form-data forms that pass files.

When one sets the contentType option to false, it forces jQuery not to add a Content-Type header, otherwise, the boundary string will be missing from it. Also, when submitting files via multipart/form-data, one must leave the processData flag set to false, otherwise, jQuery will try to convert your FormData into a string, which will fail.

To try and fix your issue:

Use jQuery’s .serialize() method which creates a text string in standard URL-encoded notation.

You need to pass un-encoded data when using contentType: false.

Try using new FormData instead of .serialize():

  var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);

See for yourself the difference of how your formData is passed to your php page by using console.log().

  var formData = new FormData($(this)[0]);
  console.log(formData);

  var formDataSerialized = $(this).serialize();
  console.log(formDataSerialized);

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