I have a web gallery application which, not unreasonably, allows photo uploading. The code that handles uploads, stripped of redundant parts, is essentially this:

    $q = CGI->new();
    %form = $q->Vars;
...
    $file = $form{photo};
    $fh = upload('photo') || error ($q,"Cannot upload file $file");
    $info = uploadInfo($q->param('photo')) || error ($q,"Could not get
+ information about $file!");

    unless ($errors)
    {
        $type = $info->{'Content-Type'};
        unless ($type =~ m,^image/(jpeg|gif|png)$,)
        {
            error ($q, "File type '$type' is not permitted");
        }
...

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When I test this code from the submission form, all the form fields appear correct, upload() succeeds, but uploadInfo() fails. In the absence of the check for errors, this causes $info->{'Content-Type'} to throw an 'undefined value as HASH reference' error. $q->cgi_error sheds no light on the failure.

Can anyone suggest why uploadInfo() is failing, even though upload() has succeeded?

In reply to CGI.pm: upload() succeeds, uploadInfo() fails by Llew_Llaw_Gyffes

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