file upload fails but POST data looks fine (SOLVED - bug?)

[eluser]munkeh[/eluser]
Solved the problem but possibly found a bug/feature? Or maybe I was just doing things wrong all along.

I have been creating forms like this throughout my applications:

Code:

<?php echo form_open('add_claim/upload_file', 'name="upload_form"'); ?>

This results in the following HTML (http:// removed to get around the spam filter):

Code:

<form action="website/add_claim/upload_file" name="upload_form" method="post">

According to the docs I'm supposed to be passing the attributes as an array but juat adding them to the form_open function seemed to be working just fine so I kept on doing it. Truth be told I only really glanced at the docs for the form helper, so my bad there.

Anyway, turns out if you do the same thing with a multipart form it doesn't work:

Code:

<?php echo form_open_multipart('add_claim/upload_file', 'name="upload_form"');?>

gives the following HTML:

Code:

<form action="website/add_claim/upload_file" mame="upload_form" method="post">

note: mame="upload_form" instead of name="upload_form". This, I guess, was causing the do_upload() function to fail.

Anyway, figured I'd at least update the thread in case anyone else was stumped by the same thing.