I have experience doing this with single file uploads using <input type="file">. However, I am having trouble doing uploading more than one at a time.
For example, I'd like to select a series of images and then upload them to the server, all at once.
It would be great to use a single file input control, if possible.
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
This is possible in HTML5. Example (PHP 5.4):
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="my_file[]" multiple>
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
<?php
if (isset($_FILES['my_file'])) {
$myFile = $_FILES['my_file'];
$fileCount = count($myFile["name"]);
for ($i = 0; $i < $fileCount; $i++) {
?>
<p>File #<?= $i+1 ?>:</p>
<p>
Name: <?= $myFile["name"][$i] ?><br>
Temporary file: <?= $myFile["tmp_name"][$i] ?><br>
Type: <?= $myFile["type"][$i] ?><br>
Size: <?= $myFile["size"][$i] ?><br>
Error: <?= $myFile["error"][$i] ?><br>
</p>
<?php
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Here's what it looks like in Chrome after selecting 2 items in the file dialog:
And here's what it looks like after clicking the "Upload" button.
This is just a sketch of a fully working answer. See PHP Manual: Handling file uploads for more information on proper, secure handling of file uploads in PHP.
There are a few things you need to do to create a multiple file upload, its pretty basic actually. You don't need to use Java, Ajax, Flash. Just build a normal file upload form starting off with:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="post_upload.php" method="POST">
Then the key to success;
<input type="file" name="file[]" multiple />
do NOT forget those brackets!
In the post_upload.php try the following:
<?php print_r($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']); ?>
Notice you get an array with tmp_name data, which will mean you can access each file with an third pair of brackets with the file 'number' example:
$_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][0]
You can use php count() to count the number of files that was selected. Goodluck widdit!
Full solution in Firefox 5:
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form name="uploader" id="uploader" action="multifile.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
<input id="infile" name="infile[]" type="file" onBlur="submit();" multiple="true" ></input>
</form>
<?php
echo "No. files uploaded : ".count($_FILES['infile']['name'])."<br>";
$uploadDir = "images/";
for ($i = 0; $i < count($_FILES['infile']['name']); $i++) {
echo "File names : ".$_FILES['infile']['name'][$i]."<br>";
$ext = substr(strrchr($_FILES['infile']['name'][$i], "."), 1);
// generate a random new file name to avoid name conflict
$fPath = md5(rand() * time()) . ".$ext";
echo "File paths : ".$_FILES['infile']['tmp_name'][$i]."<br>";
$result = move_uploaded_file($_FILES['infile']['tmp_name'][$i], $uploadDir . $fPath);
if (strlen($ext) > 0){
echo "Uploaded ". $fPath ." succefully. <br>";
}
}
echo "Upload complete.<br>";
?>
</body>
</html>
in the first you should make form like this :
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
<input type="file" name="file[]" multiple id="file"/>
<input type="submit" name="ok" />
</form>
that is right . now add this code under your form code or on the any page you like
<?php
if(isset($_POST['ok']))
foreach ($_FILES['file']['name'] as $filename) {
echo $filename.'<br/>';
}
?>
it's easy... finish
<form action="" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="file[]" multiple/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload Image" />
</form>
Using FOR Loop
<?php
$file_dir = "uploads";
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
for ($x = 0; $x < count($_FILES['file']['name']); $x++) {
$file_name = $_FILES['file']['name'][$x];
$file_tmp = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][$x];
/* location file save */
$file_target = $file_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file_name; /* DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR = / or \ */
if (move_uploaded_file($file_tmp, $file_target)) {
echo "{$file_name} has been uploaded. <br />";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading {$file_name}.";
}
}
}
?>
Using FOREACH Loop
<?php
$file_dir = "uploads";
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
foreach ($_FILES['file']['name'] as $key => $value) {
$file_name = $_FILES['file']['name'][$key];
$file_tmp = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][$key];
/* location file save */
$file_target = $file_dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file_name; /* DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR = / or \ */
if (move_uploaded_file($file_tmp, $file_target)) {
echo "{$file_name} has been uploaded. <br />";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading {$file_name}.";
}
}
}
?>
If you want to select multiple files from the file selector dialog that displays when you select browse then you are mostly out of luck. You will need to use a Java applet or something similar (I think there is one that use a small flash file, I will update if I find it). Currently a single file input only allows the selection of a single file.
If you are talking about using multiple file inputs then there shouldn't be much difference from using one. Post some code and I will try to help further.
Update:
There is one method to use a single 'browse' button that uses flash. I have never personally used this but I have read a fair amount about it. I think its your best shot.
http://swfupload.org/
If you use multiple input fields you can set name="file[]" (or any other name). That will put them in an array when you upload them ($_FILES['file'] = array ({file_array},{file_array]..))
partial answer: pear HTTP_UPLOAD can be usefull
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.http.http-upload.examples.php
there is a full example for multiple files
i have created a php function which is used to upload multiple images,
this function can upload multiple images in specific folder as well it can saves the records into the database
in the following code
$arrayimage is the array of images which is sent through form
note that it will not allow upload to use multiple but you need to create different input field with same name as will you can set dynamic add field of file unput on button click.
$dir is the directory in which you want to save the image
$fields is the name of the field which you want to store in the database
database field must be in array formate
example
if you have database imagestore and fields name like id,name,address then you need to post data like
$fields=array("id"=$_POST['idfieldname'], "name"=$_POST['namefield'],"address"=$_POST['addressfield']);
and then pass that field into function $fields
$table is the name of the table in which you want to store the data..
function multipleImageUpload($arrayimage,$dir,$fields,$table)
{
//extracting extension of uploaded file
$allowedExts = array("gif", "jpeg", "jpg", "png");
$temp = explode(".", $arrayimage["name"]);
$extension = end($temp);
//validating image
if ((($arrayimage["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($arrayimage["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($arrayimage["type"] == "image/jpg")
|| ($arrayimage["type"] == "image/pjpeg")
|| ($arrayimage["type"] == "image/x-png")
|| ($arrayimage["type"] == "image/png"))
//check image size
&& ($arrayimage["size"] < 20000000)
//check iamge extension in above created extension array
&& in_array($extension, $allowedExts))
{
if ($arrayimage["error"] > 0)
{
echo "Error: " . $arrayimage["error"] . "<br>";
}
else
{
echo "Upload: " . $arrayimage["name"] . "<br>";
echo "Type: " . $arrayimage["type"] . "<br>";
echo "Size: " . ($arrayimage["size"] / 1024) . " kB<br>";
echo "Stored in: ".$arrayimage['tmp_name']."<br>";
//check if file is exist in folder of not
if (file_exists($dir."/".$arrayimage["name"]))
{
echo $arrayimage['name'] . " already exists. ";
}
else
{
//extracting database fields and value
foreach($fields as $key=>$val)
{
$f[]=$key;
$v[]=$val;
$fi=implode(",",$f);
$value=implode("','",$v);
}
//dynamic sql for inserting data into any table
$sql="INSERT INTO " . $table ."(".$fi.") VALUES ('".$value."')";
//echo $sql;
$imginsquery=mysql_query($sql);
move_uploaded_file($arrayimage["tmp_name"],$dir."/".$arrayimage['name']);
echo "<br> Stored in: " .$dir ."/ Folder <br>";
}
}
}
//if file not match with extension
else
{
echo "Invalid file";
}
}
//function imageUpload ends here
}
//imageFunctions class ends here
you can try this code for inserting multiple images with its extension this function is created for checking image files you can replace the extension list for perticular files in the code
Here's my background:
I'm using Amazon EC2 Linux Instance running Apache and LAMP.
I'm trying to make a PHP image upload.
I got the code from W3Schools.
I have tried signing in as Superuser (su) and changing the permissions on the upload folder (/var/www/html/photo/backend/images/uploads) to chmod 755.
I have tried running print_r($_FILES); and get Array ( ).
I've changed these things in php.ini:
set file_uploads to on
set max_execution_time to 300 (seconds)
set max_file_size to 100 (MB)
I've tried and Googled everything I can think of and I still can't figure out why my image doesn't upload. I'm sorry if this is broad, but I really don't know what the problem is.
Issue:
Image doesn't upload (no idea why, I think I've followed all the steps, see above)
Here's my code:
<?php
$target_dir = "/backend/images/uploads";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
if($check !== false) {
echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
$uploadOk = 1;
} else {
echo "File is not an image.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
print_r($_FILES);
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="/backend/images/upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Thanks for reading, and if anything doesn't make sense, please comment!
add / after uploads
change
$target_dir = "/backend/images/uploads";
to below code
$target_dir = "/backend/images/uploads/";
I'm new to php and javascript...So I don't really know how to achieve my goal. Here I have 2 php files,
first file :
<?php
<div class="col-sm-3">
<label class:>Nama :</label>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="text" name="nama_tamu" id='nama_tamu' class="form-control" placeholder="Nama Lengkap">
</div>
<label>Foto Tamu</label>
<!-- form yang akan menempatkan jendela webcam untuk menampilkan layar webcam ya....-->
<p>
<script language="JavaScript" name="foto" id="foto">
document.write( webcam.get_html(320, 240) );
webcam.set_api_url( '../camera/saveImage.php' );
webcam.set_quality( 90 ); // JPEG quality (1 - 100)
webcam.set_shutter_sound( true ); // play shutter click sound
webcam.set_hook( 'onComplete', 'my_completion_handler' );
<!-- record gambar -->
function take_snapshot(){
webcam.freeze();
var x;
if (confirm("Simpan gambar?") == true) {
x = "Menyimpan gambar ...";
webcam.upload()
} else {
x = "Gambar tidak tersimpan.";
webcam.reset();
}
document.getElementById("upload_results").innerHTML = x;
}
function my_completion_handler(msg) {
// extract URL out of PHP output
if (msg.match(/(http\:\/\/\S+)/)) {
// show JPEG image in page
document.getElementById('upload_results').innerHTML ='Penyimpanan berhasil!';
// reset camera for another shot
webcam.reset();
}
else {
alert("PHP Error: " + msg);
}
}
</script>
</p>
<p>
<input type="button" class="btn btn-warning" value="Ambil Gambar" onclick="take_snapshot()">
echo $GLOBALS['$imagename'];
</p>
?>
and the second php file is like this :
<?php
session_start();
// untuk membangun koneksi ke database
include '../config/connect.php';
$imagename = $GLOBALS['nama_tamu'].date('YmdHis');
$newname="../camera/".$name.".jpg";
$file = file_put_contents( $newname, file_get_contents('php://input') );
if (!$file) {
print "ERROR: Gagal menyimpan $filename, cek permissions \n";
exit();
}
else
{
// menyimpan gambar ke database
$sql="Insert into entry(camera) values('$newname')";
$result=mysqli_query($con,$sql) or die("error sql connect");
$value=mysqli_insert_id($con);
$_SESSION["myvalue"]=$value;
}
$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '/' . $newname;
print "$url\n";
?>
My goal here is I want to send nama_tamu (first php file) value to saveImage.php (second php file) buuut because saveImage.php is called withouth using POST or GET method, so I'm using GLOBALS variable there :
$imagename = $GLOBALS['nama_tamu'].date('YmdHis');
Unfortunaly it doesn't work, and I have no idea how to send this nama_tamu value to saveImage.php... Any idea...???
The second goal is in saveImage.php there is a variable called $imagename. I want to send it's value back to the first php file and print it to the user like this :
echo $GLOBALS['$imagename'];
That doesn't work too...May be because GLOBALS only work for the same file not for different file....!
So any idea how to achieve my two goals here..???
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate your help... :)
I'm a beginner in jQuery. I really don't know how to do this but have the basic idea.
I'm using this jQuery uploader by Hayageek and I'm trying to move uploaded files to its permanent directory after form submits.
So, this is how it goes. The user first selects the file and the upload to TEMP directory starts and just stores an json array. But then the user accidentally adds a file that he never meant to and wants to remove that file (removing the array object). After correcting his mistake he then submits the form and the files get stored in a permanent directory.
This is what I have:
upload.php:
$output_dir = "uploads/";
if(isset($_FILES["myfile"]))
{
$ret = array();
$error =$_FILES["myfile"]["error"];
//You need to handle both cases
//If Any browser does not support serializing of multiple files using FormData()
if(!is_array($_FILES["myfile"]["name"])) //single file
{
$fileName = $_FILES["myfile"]["name"];
$ret[]= $fileName;
}
else //Multiple files, file[]
{
$fileCount = count($_FILES["myfile"]["name"]);
for($i=0; $i < $fileCount; $i++)
{
$fileName = $_FILES["myfile"]["name"][$i];
$ret[]= $fileName;
}
}
echo json_encode($ret);
}
Delete file:
//This is the part where you unset the array object of a file.
index.php:
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{
var settings = {
url: "upload.php",
dragDrop:true,
fileName: "myfile",
allowedTypes:"jpg,png,gif,doc,pdf,zip",
returnType:"json",
onSuccess:function(files,data,xhr)
{
// alert((data));
},
showDelete:true,
deleteCallback: function(data,pd)
{
for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++)
{
$.post("delete.php",{op:"delete",name:data[i]},
function(resp, textStatus, jqXHR)
{
//Show Message
$("#status").append("<div>File Deleted</div>");
});
}
pd.statusbar.hide(); //You choice to hide/not.
}
}
var uploadObj = $("#mulitplefileuploader").uploadFile(settings);
});
</script>
<form action="upload.php" name="upload_form" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST">
<div>
<label>Message</label>
<textarea name="description" style="min-height:200px;" value="<?php echo $mess; ?>"></textarea>
<div id="mulitplefileuploader">Upload</div>
<div id="status"></div>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Create Project">
</div>
</form>
<?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$tmp_file=$_FILES['myfile']['tmp_name'];
$dir="upload/";
$file_name=$_FILES['myfile']['name'];
if(move_uploaded_file($tmp_file,$dir . $file_name)){
echo "success";
}else{echo "failure";}
}
?>
You can refer some of plugins available online.
https://blueimp.github.io/jQuery-File-Upload/basic-plus.html this is one of them...
I have a website where people can upload an image file. Now i would like to allow users to upload multiple image files. I find it a bit confusing to make my functions accept arrays. Here is what I have :
The UI part of it:
<input type="file" id="imagefile" name="imagefile[]" multiple>
The handler function and used for logging to a txt file:
if(getPostPutField('imagefilename',$imagefilename))
$count=1;
foreach ($_FILES['imagefilename']['tmp_name'] as $file)
{
$imagefilename = urldecode($imagefilename);
$uploaded = handleUploadedImageFile($KBID, $_FILES['imagefile'], $imagefilename);
if ($uploaded)
{
$changesForEveryone[] .= "Image File Uploaded: " . $imagefilename."<br>";
$extraMsg .= "<br>Image File Uploaded: " . $imagefilename."<br>";
}
$count++;
}
The part where the file is really uploaded:
function handleUploadedImageFile($KBID,$file,$imagefilename=null)
{
$result = '';
if(empty($imagefilename))
$imagefilename = $file['name'];
if($file['size'] > 0)
{
$dir = PROBLEMIMAGES."/".sprintf("%05d",$KBID)."/";
$result = getUploadedFile($file['tmp_name'],$dir,$imagefilename);
}
else
{
$result = false;
}
return $result;
}
How do i do this properly?
If you have to upload all the files in a single request you can look at this answer here
but in order to create a better user experience it will be better to upload the files one by one using ajax take a look at the "jQuery File Upload Demo" (you can find there also the server side code in php)