Title: Help input type file
Last modified: March 12, 2019

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# Help input type file

 *  [OsMaGa2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osmaga2014/)
 * (@osmaga2014)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/)
 * Hello. I’developing a plugin with a page of options.
 * In the options page, I need to be able to upload a JSON file. I currently have
   this code obtained from this web [http://qnimate.com/file-upload-using-wordpress-settings-api/](http://qnimate.com/file-upload-using-wordpress-settings-api/)
   but the variable $_FILES is always empty or null.
 * Can someone help me?
    Thanks!!!!

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/#post-11304004)
 * The json mime-type is not allowed, unless you add code to allow it.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/#post-11304018)
 * And, read the comments on that page.
 *  Thread Starter [OsMaGa2014](https://wordpress.org/support/users/osmaga2014/)
 * (@osmaga2014)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/#post-11306837)
 * Thank you for answering.
 * But the problem I think is in the $_FILES variable that is always null. I tried
   uploading a PNG file and it happens to me exactly the same….
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/#post-11309949)
 * Did you read the comments? The one talking about needing an attribute `enctype
   =”multipart/form-data”` is pretty important.

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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-input-type-file/#post-11309949)
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