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How does HTTP file upload work?

Let’s take a look at what happens when you select a file and submit your form (I’ve truncated the headers for brevity): POST /upload?upload_progress_id=12344 HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:3000 Content-Length: 1325 Origin: http://localhost:3000 … other headers … Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=—-WebKitFormBoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L ——WebKitFormBoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L Content-Disposition: form-data; name=”MAX_FILE_SIZE” 100000 ——WebKitFormBoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L Content-Disposition: form-data; name=”uploadedfile”; filename=”hello.o” Content-Type: application/x-object … contents of file goes … Read more

JavaScript file upload size validation

Yes, you can use the File API for this. Here’s a complete example (see comments): document.getElementById(“btnLoad”).addEventListener(“click”, function showFileSize() { // (Can’t use `typeof FileReader === “function”` because apparently it // comes back as “object” on some browsers. So just see if it’s there // at all.) if (!window.FileReader) { // This is VERY unlikely, browser … Read more

Why would $_FILES be empty when uploading files to PHP?

Here”s a check-list for file uploading in PHP: Check php.ini for: file_uploads = On post_max_size = 100M upload_max_filesize = 100M You might need to use .htaccess or .user.ini if you are on shared hosting and don’t have access to php.ini. Make sure you’re editing the correct ini file – use the phpinfo() function to verify … Read more

Multiple file upload in php

I know this is an old post but some further explanation might be useful for someone trying to upload multiple files… Here is what you need to do: Input name must be be defined as an array i.e. name=”inputName[]” Input element must have multiple=”multiple” or just multiple In your PHP file use the syntax “$_FILES[‘inputName’][‘param’][index]” … Read more

Maximum request length exceeded.

If you are using IIS for hosting your application, then the default upload file size is 4MB. To increase it, please use this below section in your web.config – <configuration> <system.web> <httpRuntime maxRequestLength=”1048576″ /> </system.web> </configuration> For IIS7 and above, you also need to add the lines below: <system.webServer> <security> <requestFiltering> <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength=”1073741824″ /> </requestFiltering> … Read more

How to use FormData for AJAX file upload?

For correct form data usage you need to do 2 steps. Preparations You can give your whole form to FormData() for processing var form = $(‘form’)[0]; // You need to use standard javascript object here var formData = new FormData(form); or specify exact data for FormData() var formData = new FormData(); formData.append(‘section’, ‘general’); formData.append(‘action’, ‘previewImg’); … Read more

How to use PrimeFaces p:fileUpload? Listener method is never invoked or UploadedFile is null / throws an error / not usable

How to configure and troubleshoot <p:fileUpload> depends on PrimeFaces and JSF version. All PrimeFaces versions The below requirements apply to all PrimeFaces versions: The enctype attribute of the <h:form> needs to be set to multipart/form-data. When this is absent, the ajax upload may just work, but the general browser behavior is unspecified and dependent on … Read more

How to get full path of selected file on change of using javascript, jquery-ajax?

For security reasons browsers do not allow this, i.e. JavaScript in browser has no access to the File System, however using HTML5 File API, only Firefox provides a mozFullPath property, but if you try to get the value it returns an empty string: $(‘input[type=file]’).change(function () { console.log(this.files[0].mozFullPath); }); https://jsfiddle.net/SCK5A/ So don’t waste your time. edit: … Read more

How to set a value to a file input in HTML?

You cannot, due to security reasons. Imagine: <form name=”foo” method=”post” enctype=”multipart/form-data”> <input type=”file” value=”c:/passwords.txt”> </form> <script>document.foo.submit();</script> You don’t want the websites you visit to be able to do this, do you? =)

Recommended way to save uploaded files in a servlet application

Store it anywhere in an accessible location except of the IDE’s project folder aka the server’s deploy folder, for reasons mentioned in the answer to Uploaded image only available after refreshing the page: Changes in the IDE’s project folder does not immediately get reflected in the server’s work folder. There’s kind of a background job … Read more