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    <p>This is an application form that submits all fields to a database. Sometimes it works perfect no problems at all, other times everything submits but the uploaded file isn't included, and sometimes nothing at all is entered into the database. I've tried all random test entries and cant figure out what is triggering the failures and cannot see it in my code. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!</p> <pre><code>if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "application/msword") || ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document") || ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "application/pdf") || ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "text/plain")) &amp;&amp; ($_FILES["file"]["size"] &lt; 10485760)){ if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] &gt; 0){ echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "&lt;br /&gt;"; } else { $filename = $_FILES["file"]["name"]; $file_basename = substr($filename, 0, strripos($filename, '.')); // get file extention $file_ext = substr($filename, strripos($filename, '.')); // get file name $uniquename = $timestamp.$file_basename; $newfilename = md5($uniquename) . $file_ext; if (file_exists("$setting[upload_apps]" . $newfilename)) { echo "You have already uploaded this file."; } else { move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "$setting[upload_apps]" . $newfilename); $target_path = "/files/"; $target_path = $target_path . $newfilename; mysql_query("INSERT INTO career_apps (position, email, fname, lname, address1, address2, city, state, zip, phone, cell, cemployed, layoff, proof, priorapp, appdate, prioremploy, prioremploydate, availdate, convict, convictdetails, school, school_study, school_years, school_degree, college, college_study, college_years, college_degree, grad, grad_study, grad_years, grad_degree, certs, employer1, employer1_address, employer1_telephone, employer1_title, employer1_supervisor, employer1_from, employer1_to, employer1_salary, employer1_duties, employer1_reason, employer2, employer2_address, employer2_telephone, employer2_title, employer2_supervisor, employer2_from, employer2_to, employer2_salary, employer2_duties, employer2_reason, employer3, employer3_address, employer3_telephone, employer3_title, employer3_supervisor, employer3_from, employer3_to, employer3_salary, employer3_duties, employer3_reason, resume_file, resume, sig1, date1, sig2, date2, ip, submitted) VALUES ('$_POST[id]', '$_POST[email]', '$_POST[fname]', '$_POST[lname]', '$_POST[address1]', '$_POST[address2]', '$_POST[city]', '$_POST[state]', '$_POST[zip]', '$_POST[phone]', '$_POST[cell]', '$_POST[cemployed]', '$_POST[layoff]', '$_POST[proof]', '$_POST[priorapp]', '$_POST[appdate]', '$_POST[prioremploy]', ''$_POST[prioremploydate]', '$_POST[availdate]', '$_POST[convict]', '$_POST[convictdetails]', '$_POST[school]', '$_POST[school_study]', '$_POST[school_years]', '$_POST[school_degree]', '$_POST[college]', '$_POST[college_study]', '$_POST[college_years]', '$_POST[college_degree]', '$_POST[grad]', '$_POST[grad_study]', '$_POST[grad_years]', '$_POST[grad_degree]', '$_POST[certs]', '$_POST[employer1]', '$_POST[employer1_address]', '$_POST[employer1_telephone]', '$_POST[employer1_title]', '$_POST[employer1_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer1_from]', '$_POST[employer1_to]', '$_POST[employer1_salary]', '$_POST[employer1_duties]', '$_POST[employer1_reason]', '$_POST[employer2]', '$_POST[employer2_address]', '$_POST[employer2_telephone]', '$_POST[employer2_title]', '$_POST[employer2_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer2_from]', '$_POST[employer2_to]', '$_POST[employer2_salary]', '$_POST[employer2_duties]', '$_POST[employer2_reason]', '$_POST[employer3]', '$_POST[employer3_address]', '$_POST[employer3_telephone]', '$_POST[employer3_title]', '$_POST[employer3_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer3_from]', '$_POST[employer3_to]', '$_POST[employer3_salary]', '$_POST[employer3_duties]', '$_POST[employer3_reason]', '$target_path', '$_POST[resume]', '$_POST[sig1]', '$_POST[date1]', '$_POST[sig2]', '$_POST[date2]', '$ip', '$time')"); if ($query) { echo"&lt;p align='center'&gt;&lt;span class='warning'&gt;CONFIRMATION!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;$app_success"; } } } } else { mysql_query("INSERT INTO career_apps (position, email, fname, lname, address1, address2, city, state, zip, phone, cell, cemployed, layoff, proof, priorapp, appdate, prioremploy, prioremploydate, availdate, convict, convictdetails, school, school_study, school_years, school_degree, college, college_study, college_years, college_degree, grad, grad_study, grad_years, grad_degree, certs, employer1, employer1_address, employer1_telephone, employer1_title, employer1_supervisor, employer1_from, employer1_to, employer1_salary, employer1_duties, employer1_reason, employer2, employer2_address, employer2_telephone, employer2_title, employer2_supervisor, employer2_from, employer2_to, employer2_salary, employer2_duties, employer2_reason, employer3, employer3_address, employer3_telephone, employer3_title, employer3_supervisor, employer3_from, employer3_to, employer3_salary, employer3_duties, employer3_reason, resume, sig1, date1, sig2, date2, ip, submitted) VALUES ('$_POST[id]', '$_POST[email]', '$_POST[fname]', '$_POST[lname]', '$_POST[address1]', '$_POST[address2]', '$_POST[city]', '$_POST[state]', '$_POST[zip]', '$_POST[phone]', '$_POST[cell]', '$_POST[cemployed]', '$_POST[layoff]', '$_POST[proof]', '$_POST[priorapp]', '$_POST[appdate]', '$_POST[prioremploy]', '$_POST[prioremploydate]', '$_POST[availdate]', '$_POST[convict]', '$_POST[convictdetails]', '$_POST[school]', '$_POST[school_study]', '$_POST[school_years]', '$_POST[school_degree]', '$_POST[college]', '$_POST[college_study]', '$_POST[college_years]', '$_POST[college_degree]', '$_POST[grad]', '$_POST[grad_study]', '$_POST[grad_years]', '$_POST[grad_degree]', '$_POST[certs]', '$_POST[employer1]', '$_POST[employer1_address]', '$_POST[employer1_telephone]', '$_POST[employer1_title]', '$_POST[employer1_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer1_from]', '$_POST[employer1_to]', '$_POST[employer1_salary]', '$_POST[employer1_duties]', '$_POST[employer1_reason]', '$_POST[employer2]', '$_POST[employer2_address]', '$_POST[employer2_telephone]', '$_POST[employer2_title]', '$_POST[employer2_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer2_from]', '$_POST[employer2_to]', '$_POST[employer2_salary]', '$_POST[employer2_duties]', '$_POST[employer2_reason]', '$_POST[employer3]', '$_POST[employer3_address]', '$_POST[employer3_telephone]', '$_POST[employer3_title]', '$_POST[employer3_supervisor]', '$_POST[employer3_from]', '$_POST[employer3_to]', '$_POST[employer3_salary]', '$_POST[employer3_duties]', '$_POST[employer3_reason]', '$_POST[resume]', '$_POST[sig1]', '$_POST[date1]', '$_POST[sig2]', '$_POST[date2]', '$ip', '$time')"); if ($query) { echo"&lt;p align='center'&gt;&lt;span class='warning'&gt;CONFIRMATION!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;$app_success"; } } </code></pre>
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    1. COPHP limits the size of uploaded files. This could be the reason why nothing is sent sometimes, because you simply shows an error over there.
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    2. COYou're adding information directly from $_POST into the query. That's very bad practice - if nothing else, it will break if someone with the surname `O'Brian` submits the form. You should look at using mysqli or PDO, and bind variables into prepared statements instead.
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    3. COdo you escape filenames and check the file size limit? To set/get extension it's better to check MIME type. Also check your code against sql injection. employer2.. employerN is really bad database design consider changing it. The last thing, you should use pdo or mysqli, mysql_* functions are depracated.
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