Title: Basic(browser) uploader always returns error
Last modified: August 31, 2023

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# Basic(browser) uploader always returns error

 *  [Cheon, YoungMin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/082net/)
 * (@082net)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basicbrowser-uploader-always-returns-error/)
 *     ```wp-block-code
       // /main/frontend/fields/general/class-upload-file.php
       // Vaildate function does not returns anything when using basic(browser) uploader, and it always returns error
               function validate_file_value( $valid, $value, $field, $input ) {
                   // bail early if empty
                   if ( empty( $value ) ) {
                       return $valid;
                   }
   
                   // bail early if is numeric
                   if ( is_numeric( $value ) ) {
                       return $valid;
                   }
   
                   if ( isset( $value['file'] ) ) {
                       if ( ! $value['file']
                           && ! $value['id']
                           && $field['required']
                       ) {
                           return sprintf( __( '%s value is required.', 'acf-frontend-form-element' ), $field['label'] );
                       } else {
                           return $valid;
                       }
                   }
                   return $valid;// Modification
               }
       ```
   
 * Vaildate function does not returns anything when using basic(browser) uploader,
   and it always returns error
 * We need to return $valid on end of function.

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 *  Plugin Author [Shabti Kaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shabti/)
 * (@shabti)
 * [2 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basicbrowser-uploader-always-returns-error/#post-17015492)
 * Thank you for letting us know about this bug. We will get it fixed.
 *  Thread Starter [Cheon, YoungMin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/082net/)
 * (@082net)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basicbrowser-uploader-always-returns-error/#post-17018137)
 * Thank you for your reply, I’ll wait for next updates.

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 * Last reply from: [Cheon, YoungMin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/082net/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basicbrowser-uploader-always-returns-error/#post-17018137)
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