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This <output> allows you to output information about a file upload.

Usage: <output type="attachment" name="[field]" attribute"[name|type|size|tmp_name|error]">
Arguments:

  • name="[field]"
    The name of the file field.
  • attribute="[name|type|size|tmp_name|error]"
    name - returns the original name of the file on the client machine.
    type - returns the mime type of the file, if the browser provided this information. An example would be "image/gif".
    size - returns the size, in bytes, of the uploaded file.
    tmp_name - returns the temporary filename of the file in which the uploaded file was stored on the server.
    error - returns the error code associated with this file upload. ['error'] was added in PHP 4.2.0

Example:

Here's an example on how to show the name of the file that was uploaded.

[output type='attachment' name='File 1' attribute='name']

Or, to show what the file size is.

[output type='attachment' name='File 2' attribute='size']