Multiple file upload in php

I want to upload multiple files and store them in a folder and get the path and store it in the database... Any good example you looked for doing multiple file upload...

Note: Files can be of any type...

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:

<input name="upload[]" type="file" multiple="multiple" />

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
<input type='file' name='file[]' multiple>
The sample php script that does the uploading:

<html>
<title>Upload</title>
<?php
    session_start();
    $target=$_POST['directory'];
        if($target[strlen($target)-1]!='/')
                $target=$target.'/';
            $count=0;
            foreach ($_FILES['file']['name'] as $filename) 
            {
                $temp=$target;
                $tmp=$_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][$count];
                $count=$count + 1;
                $temp=$temp.basename($filename);
                move_uploaded_file($tmp,$temp);
                $temp='';
                $tmp='';
            }
    header("location:../../views/upload.php");
?>
</html>

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.

HTML

create div with id='dvFile';
create a button;
onclick of that button calling function add_more()

JavaScript

function  add_more() {
  var txt = "<br><input type=\"file\" name=\"item_file[]\">";
  document.getElementById("dvFile").innerHTML += txt;
}

PHP

if(count($_FILES["item_file"]['name'])>0)
 { 
//check if any file uploaded
 $GLOBALS['msg'] = ""; //initiate the global message
  for($j=0; $j < count($_FILES["item_file"]['name']); $j++)
 { //loop the uploaded file array
   $filen = $_FILES["item_file"]['name']["$j"]; //file name
   $path = 'uploads/'.$filen; //generate the destination path
   if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["item_file"]['tmp_name']["$j"],$path)) 
{
   //upload the file
    $GLOBALS['msg'] .= "File# ".($j+1)." ($filen) uploaded successfully<br>";
    //Success message
   }
  }
 }
 else {
  $GLOBALS['msg'] = "No files found to upload"; //No file upload message 
}

In this way you can add file/images, as many as required, and handle them through php script.

this simple script worked for me.

<?php

foreach($_FILES as $file){
  //echo $file['name']; 
  echo $file['tmp_name'].'</br>'; 
  move_uploaded_file($file['tmp_name'], "./uploads/".$file["name"]);
}

?>

It's not that different from uploading one file - $_FILES is an array containing any and all uploaded files.

There's a chapter in the PHP manual: Uploading multiple files

If you want to enable multiple file uploads with easy selection on the user's end (selecting multiple files at once instead of filling in upload fields) take a look at SWFUpload. It works differently from a normal file upload form and requires Flash to work, though. SWFUpload was obsoleted along with Flash. Check the other, newer answers for the now-correct approach.

Multiple file upload in php

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