I've been trying to upload an image file from android to my php server, but the $_FILES array in php is always empty. To test if it was a server or client issue I made a quick web-form that submitted the same data as the android app, which worked, making me think that there's a problem with the android code.
My php code is:
//check for uploaded files
var_dump($_POST);
var_dump($_FILES);
$target_path = "./images/";
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']).
" has been uploaded";
} else{
echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}
and the android part:
public void uploadFile(){
File file = new File("/storage/sdcard0/Android/data/xxx/files/Pictures/JPEG20131005.jpg");
RequestParams params = new RequestParams();
try {
params.put("uploadedfile", file);
} catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
Log.e("testcase", "file not found");
}
AsyncHttpClient client = new AsyncHttpClient();
client.post("http://www.example.com/fileUploader.php", params, new AsyncHttpResponseHandler() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(String response) {
System.out.println(response);
}
});
}
I just get back
array(0){
}
for both var_dump($_POST); and var_dump($_FILES);
This is my form code which works:
<form action="fileUploader.php" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="uploadedfile" id="uploadedfile"><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
I've also tried this example and a few others which all seem to share similar code but I got the same result so I've settled with using loopJ, purely because it's a tried and tested library.
