The File Upload Element

The file upload element (type="file"), is used to allow a user to;

open a navigation window
select a file
upload it to the URL specified in the “action=""” attribute.

Most of the visual appearance for this type of box, as well as the subsequent ‘file browser’ will be dictated by the users browser & OS

NOTE: With this element, due to the nature of the data, you need to set the “method” attribute to “post” (method="post").

<form action="#" method="post">
    <p>Upload your song in MP3 format:</p>
    <input type="file" name="user-song" /><br />
    <input type="submit" value="Upload" />
</form>