Can you help me to write the correct code to upload a photo using freeform? The following code works completely correctly, except the file upload does not go through.

Thanks!

-Eva (Posting for Gizelle)

hello Eva,

I am getting the same problem, I have a post right before you Freeform is aweome but it seems buggy.

Personally, I have found Freeform a stable and mature program, and you can’t beat the price. The upload works for me, too, so I am going through this template line by line. The same goes for your problem, Faliol.

OK, I’ve got it to work locally, so we should be able to get this working for you, too. As a quick note, the file upload ability is rather new, and I admit that the docs could be a bit clearer at some points.  Eva, let’s take a look at Gizelle’s code, in particular the opening tag:

You need to add at least file_upload =“Main Upload Directory” so Freeform knows where to store the attachment. send_attachment=“yes” is optional, and does just what it says.

Also, the “name” attribute of the upload field needs to be file1 (file2, etc.) So instead of

please use

instead. That should work, at least it does for me. This combination was a bit hard to figure out, by the way, so apologies if it took a while.

Hello Ingmar

Thanks!!! You rock! I got it working for the most part. I changed the name to the file1 like you had it and at first it did not work when I had file1 as a required field. It would say an error, that that field is required even tho I had select a file. When I took that required off it worked and the file was uploaded and emailed.

Is there a way to get it to work with the file1 required?

Thanks again!

Here’s the error that comes up

Faliol, let me test. I haven’t tried that before. As I’ve said, the whole file upload thing for Freeform came out in April.

Thanks Ingmar, and again, Freeform is awesome, its jsut like you said though, its a new feature and that can be quirky.

In the fields section, I have the file1 field as an input type, if that helps. Not sure if that matters.

Here’s the new code also if you need it…

No, I can’t get it to work, either. I believe this is a bug, or at least room for improvement. I’ll make the necessary requests.

Sorry, for the time being you cannot use the Freeform module to force the user to attach a file.  I have tried using the onSubmit extension with Freeform, though,  and initial results are promising. So, if you know a little Javascript, you can check whether the file upload field has indeed been filled out, or not. This extension normally costs 5$, but in your case it’s on the house. It has been added to your account.

Having a similar problem, can’t find the right answer after looking through the documentation and the forums

{exp:freeform:form form_name=“Become_a_model_form” return=“weblog/Women” file_upload =“uploads” send_attachment=“yes” notify=“email removed” required=“name|from” onSubmit=“return checkEmail(this)“ template=“default_template”}

Name

<input type=“text” id=“name” name=“name” class=“input3” style=“width:180px;“ value=“{member_name}“ />

Email

<input type=“text” id=“from” name=“from” class=“input3” style=“width:180px;“ value=“{member_email}“ />

Age

<select name=“age[]“  >
<option value=“”> Select Age </option>
                          <option value=“14”>14
                          <option value=“15”>15
                          <option value=“16”>16
                          <option value=“17”>17
                          <option value=“18”>18
                          <option value=“19”>19
                          <option value=“20”>20
                          <option value=“21”>21
                          <option value=“22”>22
                          <option value=“23”>23
                          <option value=“24”>24
                          <option value=“25”>25
                          <option value=“26”>26
                          <option value=“27”>27
                          <option value=“28”>28
                          <option value=“29”>29
                          <option value=“30”>30
                          <option value=“31”>31
                          <option value=“32”>32
                          <option value=“33”>33
                          <option value=“34”>34
                          <option value=“35”>35
                          <option value=“36”>36
                          </select>

Age

<select name=“gender[]“  >
<option value=“” selected> choose>>>                        </option>
                        <option value=“Female”>Female</option>
                        <option value=“Male”>Male</option>
                      </select>

Your Photo

<input type=“file” name=“file1” id=“file1” />

{if captcha}

For security purposes, please enter the word you see in the image below:

{captcha}

<input type=“text” name=“captcha” value=“” maxlength=“20” />

{/if}

<input type=“submit” name=“submit” value=“submit” />

{/exp:freeform:form}

OK, let’s break this down to the basic form, makes it easier to troubleshoot.

If you put that in a template, does it work? If not, what error message do you get, if any? Is “uploads” the correct name for the upload directory, as set in the EE control panel? (The default is
“Main Upload Directory”)

Thanks, as it turns out by using the basic form I got an error message showing that the maximum files size was being exceeded.  I did not get this message when using the form I built.  Anyhow, I modified the size and its working fine.

Thanks again

Morris

That’s good news. We were slowly running out of options, as it were.

Just for reference, and to bundle all the “file upload” issues in one thread… This will not work with attachments, though it does not produce an error message, and seems to work on the non-attachment part:

it needs to be:

make sure name=“submit”.