Question

I have a form which I am using to upload users photos but the problem is that I can upload 1 photos each time .like facebook I want my users to select multiple images in one shot. can anyone please guide. here is my present code.

<tr><td><input type="file" name="photos[]" /></td><td><input type="text" size="35" name="descriptions[]" /></td></tr>

and php is processing the uploaded images. can you please tell how should I do so that multiple images can be selected and uploaded in one shot

Answer 1

first thing is you need to make your form multipart

<form method="post" action="where_ever" enctype="multipart/form-data">

And if you use HTML5 the next part is to create a named array

<input type="file" accept='image/*' name="multiImageUpload[]" id="multiImageUpload" />
<input type="file" accept='image/*' name="multiImageUpload[]" id="multiImageUpload" />
<input type="file" accept='image/*' name="multiImageUpload[]" id="multiImageUpload" />

This will put all files into a $_POST array called multiImageUpload.

In order to allow a name to accept multiples in an array you need to use []
at the back of name, name[] or images[] or files[], also using the HTML5
property multiple multiple='' or multiple='multiple' will allow you
to select multiple files at once form a single input.

Here’s some working sample code to play around with

The HTML

<form method="post" action="upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <input name='uploads[]' type="file" multiple=""/>
  <input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>

The PHP

foreach ($_FILES['uploads']['name'] as $filename) {
    echo '<li>' . $filename . '</li>';
}

// full contents of $_FILS
echo '<pre>';
var_export($_FILES);
echo '</pre>';