// on the html form: // on the php script: $banner = $_FILES["BannerFile"]["name"]; print_r($_FILES); print_r($_FILES["BannerFile"]); if (isset($_FILES["BannerFile"])) { echo "OK"; exit(); } if ($banner == "") { //echo 'banner is '. $banner; // $_SESSION["newbanner_error"] = "filename"; //header ("Location: bannernou.php"); exit(); }