Imagefield requires two attempts to work.

I've been having this same problem. Initially my imagefields were set to required, but I could not make them work. After reading this I decided to try it with 'required' turned off. I was able to create the node and then add the images to it but it is now a two step process.

I'm having the same problem with imagefield.module 1.9 and CCK 4.7.0 (11 Aug 2006) with drupal 4.7.3. I can add an image only if I edit the node after creation.

I was getting this issue as well. Normally I'd live with it, but I'm deploying a site for a customer and telling them that they can't upload an image until the node is created was not an option, so I poked around the module code for a bit.

In the imagefield_widget function, it seems that when $op == 'form', the $node_field variable is not initialized correctly. From line 327 in imagefield.module, I changed the cvs code:

    case 'form':
      
      $form = _imagefield_widget_form($node, $field, $node_field);
      return $form;

to

    case 'form':
      
      // Load files from preview state. before committing actions.
      if (is_array($_SESSION['imagefield'][$fieldname]) && count($_SESSION['imagefield'][$fieldname])) {
        foreach($_SESSION['imagefield'][$fieldname] as $delta => $file) {
          $node_field[] = $file;
        }
      }
      $form = _imagefield_widget_form($node, $field, $node_field);
      return $form;

(just copying and pasting from directly above it)

The patch has solved this issue for me.

This is my first Drupal contribution, so please let me know if I'm going about this the wrong way. I've changed the status of this issue to patch(code needs review).

Otherwise, this has been a fantastic module.

I'm not a php coder so I can't tell you the patch is well written; but I tested it and it works.
Thanks

After further testing it seems that it worked just once. But as soon as I have time I will test it again with a fresh installation since right now I've got a lot of module on for testing and things are messing up a bit...

I am experiencing this as well, just thought that add my voice to the chorus. This is the only bug in the module that I've found so far and I imagine that most other people are in the same boat. Thank you for stepping up to the plate to add this imagefield module - it was badly needed and is the reason I can now use CCK. Your work is greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rick

Great work!

Thanks,
introfini

commited to head and 4.7. it seems content.module isn't behaving as i'd expect it to and node_field isn't making its way from prepare form values. I also got a patch pending against cck that will resolve this issue as well. thanks.