html form not passing it's _POST data to php

[mybluehair]

I'm making a form for admins on my site to submit new videos. the form page has several text boxes (for info like name of video, description, ect.) and a few file upload boxes (for flv video format, mp4 format, ect.)

But when it passes to the next page, when phgp tries to pick up the $_POST data from the form, it's all comming up empty. Take a look:

HTML form:

<form name="vid_form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="http://www.mysite.com/videos/vid_manager.php"><br>
Video title: <input type="text" size="20" maxlength="25" name="form_title"><br>
Description: <TEXTAREA name="form_desc" cols=30 rows=4 maxlength="190"></TEXTAREA><br>
Target path:  <input type="text" size="15" maxlength="15" name="form_target"> (Expample "desired_dictionary/")<br>
Flv file: <input name="flv_file" type="file" /><br><br>
Mp4 file: <input name="mp4_file" type="file" /><br><br>
Jpg screenshot: <input name="jpg_file" type="file" /><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Upload Video!" />

PHP code:

$form_title = $_POST['form_title'];
$form_desc = $_POST['form_desc'];
$target_path = $_POST['form_target'];

//upload flv file
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['flv_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['flv_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    $err_check[1] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[1] = "FAILED";  }


//upload mp4 file
$target_path2 = $target_path2 . basename( $_FILES['mp4_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['mp4_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path2)) {
    $err_check[2] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[2] = "FAILED";  }

//upload jpg screenshot
$target_path3 = $target_path3 . basename( $_FILES['jpg_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['jpg_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path3)) {
    $err_check[3] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[3] = "FAILED";  }

Does anyone have any ideas for why it's not passing the data? Thanks! I've been battling with this all afternoon.

[raju_boini525]

use $_GET OR $_REQUEST in place of $_POST . because you submit form to another page.

[Zagga]

Hi mybluehair,

your form values are being POSTed to vid_manager.php ok, as you can see if you place some echo statements on line 4.
What error are you getting?

Zagga

[it200219]

Check for other forms on page. The chances could be that previous forms are not closed properly

[mybluehair]

Ok, so I tried what raju said, and used $_GET and that seems to be carrying info over to vid_manager.php just fine, but the problem now is that the files arn't being processed. Here is the top of my new form:

<form name="vid_form" method="get" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="http://www.mysite.com/videos/vid_manager.php"><br>

And here is the code in vid_manager.php that tries to retrieve the files that were uploaded:

$target_path = $_GET['form_target'];
$target_path2 = $_GET['form_target'];
$target_path3 = $_GET['form_target'];

//upload flv file
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['flv_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['flv_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    $err_check[1] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[1] = "FAILED";  }


//upload mp4 file
$target_path2 = $target_path2 . basename( $_FILES['mp4_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['mp4_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path2)) {
    $err_check[2] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[2] = "FAILED";  }

//upload jpg screenshot
$target_path3 = $target_path3 . basename( $_FILES['jpg_file']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['jpg_file']['tmp_name'], $target_path3)) {
    $err_check[3] = "SUCCESS";
} else{ $err_check[3] = "FAILED";  }

Now, all of my $err_checks are comming up "failed". Im not sure whats wrong. Any ideas?