Request.Files.Count always 0 while uploading image in MVC 5

Question

I have a Post controller on a model with some string fields and an image. Exact identical code works on MVC4 but in MVC 5 the Request.Files.Count is always 0

My model ha

Answer 1

I wasted so much time and it turns out that all I needed to do was to use the name attribute as well

 <input type="file" name="somename"> 

the name attribute was missing in my new project.