Question

I am using a form for users to upload files to my website. I want to allow them to upload multiple photos at once, so I am using the HTML5 “multiple” attribute.

My HTML:

<form method="post" action="save.php">
    <input type="file" name="uploads[]" multiple="multiple" />
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>

save.php:

<?php
  foreach ($_FILES['uploads']['name'] as $file) {
    echo $file . "<br/>";
    $file= time() . $_FILES['uploads']['name'];
    $target= UPLOADPATH . $file;
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploads']['tmp_name'], $target)
    or die('error with query 2');
   }

But, for some reason when I run the script, I get an error saying undefined index: uploads. And an error saying that I have an invalid argument supplied for foreach(). What could I be dong wrong?

Thanks

UPDATE

Okay, setting the enctype="mulitpart/form-data" worked. Now, I am having trouble with moving the file. I am getting the error move_uploaded_file() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given. What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks again

Answer 1

You need the proper enctype to be able to upload files.

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="save.php">