enctype

Coldfusion linux enctype

I'm posting a form in Coldfusion on Linux. Form has a file field. CF requires the enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute on the form tag. If I have this, I get a "JRun Servlet Error - 500 No such file or directory" If I take the attrib out, the form posts and I get the CF "enctype=multipart/form-data" error. What to do? Here's a s...

cffile upload location

In CF7, can anyone tell me if there's a way around the file being automatically uploaded to the /tmp/ folder before being moved to a destination location I provide? I'm trying to use cffile in a shared server location. I don't have access to the tmp directory, and am hoping to find a work around. <cffile action="upload" destination="...

html form enctype

In HTML forms containg file uploads, enctype="multipart/form-data" attribute has to be set. This much I know. But why? What exactly does it change? How does it differ from application/x-www-form-urlencoded? ...

Why not always use enctype="multipart/form-data"?

When building HTML forms why do we not always use enctype="multipart/form-data"? ...

How to set session variable

I want to set the current form object as session parameter before submitting the form.Is it possible? <html> <head> Title </head> <body> <FORM method="test" name="test" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="sample.jsp" > <select name="test" id="test"> <option>1</option> <option>2</option> </select> <input type="submit" value="Submit">...

HTML forms: issues combining charset with enctype in Firefox

I have a Web site with a message board. The board lets people post messages and include attachments. I had a problem where my site was hiccuping every time someone wrote a post with non-Unicode characters. In an effort to solve it, I changed my HTML form code from enctype="multipart/form-data" (as I'm accepting file uploads) to: enct...

Enctype not working on MAC browsers

This is strange, but I have a web form in one of my sites that uploads files correctly on Windows browsers but not on Mac browsers and I'm pretty confident it has to do with the Enctype. I've stripped the form down to it's bare parts (pretty awkward...) and still no luck. Here's the form header: <form ENCTYPE='MULTIPART/FORM-DATA' MET...

How to post a HTML form using Javascript that has both "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" and "charset=UTF-8" in the Content-Type header

Hey, I need to be able to specify using Javascript how to post a form that contains both the enctype as "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" and charset as "charset=UTF-8" in the Content-Type header. Any ideas? I have a aForm object of type Form. Thanks! ...

About multipart/form-data?

Is there another multipart/form-data like enctype but not form-data? EDIT Especially,what others are used in web applications? ...

Firefox Upload Form Issue

Ive created an uplaod script in php that takes a file, resizes it, and creates a cropped square thumbnail. The script itself seems to work fine. However, when i tried to upload an image through firefox, on clicking the submit button the browser shows the loading animation, but it never calls the script, it just stays on the current pag...

is application/x-www-form-urlencoded default for html form?

I found out that HTML form supports only two enctype tyeps. They are application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data. I understand that I use multipart/form-data when I need to upload a file. When do I use application/x-www-form-urlencoded? Is it default form enctype? ...

Does Dreamweaver add enctype="text/plain" to forms automatically?

I have some forms that post to a CGI script. I set them up and they work perfectly on all browsers. Then I leave them alone. A few days later, after designers have updated the page, the forms no longer work and a mysterious enctype="text/plain" has been added to the form tag. I didn't put it there, and the designers didn't put it t...

POST to PHP with enctype='multipart/form-data'

NOTE: The issue was resolved, I was apparently editing the wrong file. Silly me. Thanks I am using an image upload script that posts file to the a PHP script that then saves the file to the server. Here is the upload form: <form action="upload.php" method="post" name="image_upload" id="image_upload" enctype="multipart/form-data"> ...