Which statement correctly describes the behavior of the `$_FILES` superglobal?

Question

PHP Intermediate — Hard

Which statement correctly describes the behavior of the `$_FILES` superglobal?

Accepted Answer

The `$_FILES` superglobal is exclusively populated when a form is submitted using the 'multipart/form-data' encoding type via the POST method. It does not contain the binary data itself, but rather metadata (name, type, size, temp path, error code). It is not part of `$_REQUEST` and is not available for GET requests.