Re: undefined variable? how could it be?

This is CorpseEater's reply on your message send to him on 8/15/2002 : Bo> basically this a code for uploading images and text info into a mysql Bo> database, however, when I execute this code, an error occured as: Bo> Undefined variable: action in \phpmySQL\add.php on line 2 Bo> what will be the problem? Bo> <?php -----snatch-- Bo> if ((isset($action)||($action == "upload")) { --------snatch----- Bo> // ok, let's get the uploaded data and insert it into the db now Bo> include "open_db.inc"; Bo> if (isset($binFile) && $binFile != "none") { Bo> $data = addslashes(fread(fopen($binFile, "r"), filesize($binFile))); Bo> $strDescription = addslashes(nl2br($txtDescription)); Bo> $sql = "INSERT INTO tbl_Files "; Bo> $sql .= "(description, bin_data, filename, filesize, filetype) "; Bo> $sql .= "VALUES ('$strDescription', '$data', "; Bo> $sql .= "'$binFile_name', '$binFile_size', Bo> '$binFile_type')"; Bo> $result = mysql_query($sql, $db); Bo> mysql_free_result($result); // it's always nice to clean up! Bo> echo "Thank you. The new file was successfully added to our Bo> database.<br><br>"; Bo> echo "<a href='main.php'>Continue</a>"; Bo> } Bo> mysql_close(); Bo> } else { ?>> Bo> <HTML> Bo> <BODY> Bo> <FORM METHOD="post" ACTION="add.php" Bo> ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"> Bo> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="MAX_FILE_SIZE" Bo> VALUE="1000000"> Bo> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="action" VALUE="upload"> Bo> <TABLE BORDER="1"> Bo> <TR> Bo> <TD>Description: </TD> Bo> <TD><TEXTAREA NAME="txtDescription" ROWS="10" Bo> COLS="50"></TEXTAREA></TD> Bo> </TR> Bo> <TR> Bo> <TD>File: </TD> Bo> <TD><INPUT TYPE="file" NAME="binFile"></TD> Bo> </TR> Bo> <TR> Bo> <TD COLSPAN="2"><INPUT TYPE="submit" Bo> VALUE="Upload"></TD> Bo> </TR> Bo> </TABLE> Bo> </FORM> Bo> </BODY> Bo> </HTML> Bo> <?php Bo> } ?>> -- Greets CorpseEater@flashmail.com