I know this is an old post but some further explanation might be useful for someone trying to upload multiple files… Here is what you need to do:
Input name must be be defined as an array i.e.
name=”inputName[]”
Input element must have multiple=”multiple” or just multiple
In your PHP file use the syntax “$_FILES[‘inputName’][‘param’][index]”
Make sure to look for empty file names and paths, the array might contain empty strings. Use array_filter() before count.
Here is a down and dirty example (showing just relevant code)
HTML:
PHP:
//$files = array_filter($_FILES[‘upload’][‘name’]); //something like that to be used before processing files.
// Count # of uploaded files in array
$total = count($_FILES[‘upload’][‘name’]);
// Loop through each file
for( $i=0 ; $i < $total ; $i++ ) {
//Get the temp file path
$tmpFilePath = $_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'][$i];
//Make sure we have a file path
if ($tmpFilePath != ""){
//Setup our new file path
$newFilePath = "./uploadFiles/" . $_FILES['upload']['name'][$i];
//Upload the file into the temp dir
if(move_uploaded_file($tmpFilePath, $newFilePath)) {
//Handle other code here
}
}
}
Hope this helps out!
Multiple files can be selected and then uploaded using the
The sample php script that does the uploading:
The selected files are received as an array with
$_FILES[‘file’][‘name’][0] storing the name of first file.
$_FILES[‘file’][‘name’][1] storing the name of second file.
and so on.