Is it possible with upload a file AND submit text in a single form?

Question

I'm writing a plugin for wordpress where certain information like a name and e-mailaddress and some info is stored in an SQL database table. I've got that working perfectly. But this information also needs a picture to go with it.

So when wordpress admin fills in the form, has the file selected and clicks submit I want the file to be uploaded into a directory and its location stored in a database along with the name and e-mailaddress.

All this preferably needs to be done in just one form.

Is this possible? Or is there another way that would make the end user click only once on a sumbit button.

Solution 1

Yes, it's possible. Just make sure you set the form enctype="multipart/form-data" and that you use type="file" for file input and regular inputs (type="text", etc) for texts.

You'll need to write a code to move uploaded files to a location you want, as well as to add its info to the database.

See these two nice tutorials: here and here.

Solution 2

Yes, it should be possible.

Just ensure that your <form> has the attributes enctype="multipart/form-data" and method="post"

By PHP side after submit, you can use $_POST variables as usual, plus $_FILES for handling uploads with <input type="file"> in the same form.

See this PHP manual page for details on file upload.