Question

I m trying to upload multiple photos using

<input type='file'>

with same name to the input element like,

<?php
$remainGal  =   $maxGallery-$totalGallery;
if($remainGal>0){
?>
<div class="businessSPGItems">
<form name="addBusinessGallery" method="post" action="businessservices.php#messageGallery" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="businessID" value="<?php echo $businessID;?>" />
<?php
for($i=0; $i<$remainGal; $i++){
?>
<input type="file" name="filePhotos[]" style="margin-top:5px;" tabindex="<?php echo $i+5; ?>" /><br />
<?php
}
?>
<input type="submit" name="btnAddGallery" value="Add" style="margin-top:10px;" tabindex="<?php echo $i+5; ?>" />
</form>
</div>
<?php
}
?>

But the problem is when i m taking the total count of the file element it always shows 5…
ie.,

<?php 
$photos     =   $_FILES["filePhotos"];
echo count($photos);
?>

So i could not upload more than 5 photos at a time….
i dont know i m doing the correct method..
help please,,
thanks…

Answer 1

Your $_FILES["filePhotos"]; will have an array of values.

Read: http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php

…the arrays $_FILES[‘userfile’], $_FILES[‘userfile’][‘name’],
and $_FILES[‘userfile’] [‘size’] will be initialized…
Each of these will be a numerically indexed array of the appropriate
values for the submitted files.

$_FILES["filePhotos"]["name"][0];
$_FILES["filePhotos"]["name"][1];
$_FILES["filePhotos"]["name"][2];
$_FILES["filePhotos"]["name"][3];
$_FILES["filePhotos"]["name"][4];

Also note that there is an upload limit config value.
http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.max-file-uploads

The maximum number of files allowed to be uploaded simultaneously.
Starting with PHP 5.3.4, upload fields left blank on submission do not
count towards this limit.

It defaults to 20.