file upload - HttpPostedFileBase always return null in ASP.NET MVC

Question

I have a problem when I upload a file in ASP.NET MVC. My code is below:

View:

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

<h2>Index2</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm("FileUpload", "Board", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
  <input type="file" />
  <input type="submit" />
}

Controller:

[HttpPost]
public ActionResult FileUpload(HttpPostedFileBase uploadFile)
{
    if (uploadFile != null && uploadFile.ContentLength > 0)
    {
        string filePath = Path.Combine(Server.MapPath("/Temp"), Path.GetFileName(uploadFile.FileName));
        uploadFile.SaveAs(filePath);
    }
    return View();
}

But uploadFile always returns null. Can anyone figure out why??

Answer 1

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
    Layout = "~/Views/Shared/_Layout.cshtml";
}

<h2>Index2</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm("FileUpload", "Board", FormMethod.Post, new { enctype = "multipart/form-data" }))
{
  <input type="file" name="uploadFile"/>
  <input type="submit" />
}

you have to provide name to input type file to uploadFile in order to model binding work in ASP.net mvc and
also make sure that name of your input type file and argument name of HttpPostedFileBase is identical.