let me first explain what I aim to do, then display my code.
What I want to do is make a page which basically updates a user's details in the database, I did this part first and everything works perfectly here, through AJAX. Next I wanted to update the profile picture of the user as well through AJAX, so I made a normal file upload PHP page to make sure that my PHP code was working correctly and it was. Now I just needed to perform the upload via AJAX, and this is where I get stuck. I keep getting an error message from the PHP page which states undefined index: file
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Please feel free to ask any questions, and thank you for the responses.
Here is my HTML form:
<form action="upload.php?upload&type=profile" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="profile">Profile Picture</label><br />
<img id="preview" width="200" height="200" src="<?php echo $user->getProfile(); ?>" alt="Profile Picture Preview" /><br />
<br />
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" onchange="loadImage(this);" /><br />
<label for="username">Username</label><br />
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="<?php echo $user->getUsername(); ?>" /><br />
<label for="email">Email Adress</label><br />
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $user->getEmail(); ?>" /><br />
<label for="bio">Biography</label><br />
<textarea name="bio" id="bio" cols="40" rows="5"><?php echo $user->getBio(); ?></textarea><br />
<label for="password">New Password</label><br />
<input type="password" name="password" id="password" /><br />
<label for="oldPass">Current Password</label><br />
<input type="password" name="oldPass" id="oldPass" /><br />
<label for="first">First Name</label><br />
<input type="text" name="first" id="first" value="<?php echo $user->getFirstName(); ?>" /><br />
<label for="last">Last Name</label><br />
<input type="text" name="last" id="last" value="<?php echo $user->getLastName(); ?>" /><br />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="update" value="Save" id="update" /> <input type="button" name="reset" value="Reset Fields" onclick="resetFields()" />
</form>
Here is my js file containing the AJAX:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#update").click(function() {
profile = "pictures/default.jpg";
username = $("#username").val();
email = $("#email").val();
bio = $("#bio").val();
newPass = $("#password").val();
oldPass = $("#oldPass").val();
first = $("#first").val();
last = $("#last").val();
// First an ajax request to upload the image as it requires separate request
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "upload.php?upload&type=profile",
data: new FormData(this),
contentType: false,
cache: false,
processData: false,
success: function(resp) {
alert(resp);
},
error: function (resp) {
alert(resp);
}
});
// Now the updates in the profile
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "update.php",
data: "mode=details&profile="+profile+"+&username="+username+"&email="+email+"&bio="+bio+"&password="+newPass+"&oldPass="+oldPass+"&first="+first+"&last="+last,
success: function(resp) {
// resp contains what is echoed on update.php
alert(resp);
}
});
return false;
});
});
Finally, here is my PHP Code:
include "base.php";
// Kick user off this page if they are not logged in
if (!isset($user)) {
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0.1;url=index.php'>";
exit();
}
if (isset($_GET['upload'])) {
switch ($_GET['type']) {
case "profile": {
$dir = "pictures/";
$maxFileSize = 2000000; // 2mb
$extensions = array("jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif");
$currentPath = pathinfo($_FILES['file']['name']);
$fileType = $currentPath['extension'];
$targetFile = $dir.$user->getUsername()."Profile.".$fileType;
}
break;
default: {
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0.1;url=index.php'>";
exit();
}
break;
}
$upload = true;
// Check the file size
if ($_FILES['file']['size'] > $maxFileSize) {
echo "The file is too large.";
$upload = false;
}
// Limit file types
if (!in_array($fileType, $extensions)) {
echo "This file type is not allowed.";
$upload = false;
}
// Check if file upload is allowed and upload if it is
if ($upload) {
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $targetFile)) {
echo basename($_FILES['file']['name']);
} else {
echo "There was an error during file upload.";
}
}
}