Title: Process form in separate php file
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Process form in separate php file

 *  [ravster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravster/)
 * (@ravster)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-form-in-separate-php-file/)
 * Hey everyone,
    I can’t get a php page to work. I have a form that submits using
   post, a file and some fields. The php page that handled the input is in the form
   of a template in the theme folder.
 *  The problem is that while I can make the page spit back $_POST information, 
   I’m not able to get ‘get_header()’ to work. I’m also unable to get ‘$wpdb’ to
   work.
 *  Do I need to include something in the php page for this to work? I need to use
   a seperate php page since I’m uploading a file and so can’t use javascript. the
   form is a part of a plugin I’m writing.
 * Thanks,
    ravster

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/process-form-in-separate-php-file/)
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