Save files in forms after submit with php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="header">
        <H2>Login</H2>
    </div>

    <form method="post" action="https://..." enctype="multipart/form-data">
        <?php include 'errors.php'; ?>
        <div class="input-group">
            <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username..." value="<?php echo $username; ?>">
        </div>
        <div class="input-group">
            <input type="password" name="password_1" placeholder="Password...">
        </div>
        </div>
        <div class="input-group">
            <input type="file" name="image" placeholder="Image..." value="<?php echo $image; ?>"> // The File doesn't get echo in after submit and an error
        </div>
        <div class="input-group">
            <button type="submit" name="login" class="btn">Login</button>
        </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

This Form is to register Users with an Image. After submit I check if there Name is all ready taken and look for other errors if there is an error I want that everything is still in the Form except the password. It is working with the Username but not with a file (Image). So how can I do that?

Answer

It is by default impossible to set a default value for a file picker due to security reasons

Learn more about it here

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