Multiple file upload in php

Question

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...

@sarfraz I had weekend ... Just now i tried the example it awsome so easy — udaya
– udaya, Commented Apr 28, 2010 at 5:36
@sarfraz I tried to generate the <td> <input name="ufile[]" type="file" id="ufile[]" size="50" /> </td> from an add click i got the <td>'s on add click but the result is not achieved Can you see my new question posted — udaya
– udaya, Commented Apr 28, 2010 at 7:08

starball · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-23 01:47:48Z

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 } } }

@Sven Yes it is supported in HTML5 check out this link , my bad looks like IE doesn't support this tho... Geeze our life would be so much easier if everyone just went by the standards... LOL
@AndyBraham The multiple attribute of the input element is boolean, meaning you don't supply it a value: <input name="upload[]" type="file" multiple /> See the HTML5 spec: w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-20110525/…
It's worth mentionning that the user has to select all files at once. Any further selection attempt will cancel previous selection.
@AlienBishop is not quite correct here, multiple="multiple" is perfectly fine and is included in the specs as an alternative.
For others that are interested, boolean values are described here. It says: "If the attribute is present, its value must either be the empty string or a value that is an ASCII case-insensitive match for the attribute's canonical name, with no leading or trailing whitespace". That link also gives three different alternatives for creating a boolean value. As to whether attribute values should be quoted or not see here.

rjv · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-18 08:37:39Z

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.

is there any way to access the file paths of each file with JS when uploading multiple files? for instance, for single files you can simply query fileInput.value, but i've noticed that when multiple files are selected fileInput.value still only outputs one path...

Rohit Mandiwal · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-14 15:36:29Z

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"]); } ?>

bool.dev · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-02 05:48:58Z

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.

Replace this document.getElementById("dvFile").innerHTML += txt; with $( "#dvFile" ).append(txt ); it will save your attachment
This answer is obsolote (and too complicated for something so simple, in my opinion). For a correct answer take look at @rjv's
@VladimirNul is there any way to access the file paths of each file with JS when uploading multiple files? for instance, for single files you can simply query fileInput.value, but i've noticed that when multiple files are selected fileInput.value still only outputs one path...
@Anthony it sounds like you are doing that in javascript, I don't see the point. Please check rjv's answer.

Cheejyg · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-23 05:46:00Z

Here is a function I wrote which returns a more understandable $_FILES array.

function getMultiple_FILES() { $_FILE = array(); foreach($_FILES as $name => $file) { foreach($file as $property => $keys) { foreach($keys as $key => $value) { $_FILE[$name][$key][$property] = $value; } } } return $_FILE; }

Pekka · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-05 13:09:04Z

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.

This answer is obsolote. For a correct answer take look at @rjv's

Prix · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-16 03:57:25Z

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> </head> <body> <?php $max_no_img=4; // Maximum number of images value to be set here echo "<form method=post action='' enctype='multipart/form-data'>"; echo "<table border='0' width='400' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' align=center>"; for($i=1; $i<=$max_no_img; $i++){ echo "<tr><td>Images $i</td><td> <input type=file name='images[]' class='bginput'></td></tr>"; } echo "<tr><td colspan=2 align=center><input type=submit value='Add Image'></td></tr>"; echo "</form> </table>"; while(list($key,$value) = each($_FILES['images']['name'])) { //echo $key; //echo "<br>"; //echo $value; //echo "<br>"; if(!empty($value)){ // this will check if any blank field is entered $filename =rand(1,100000).$value; // filename stores the value $filename=str_replace(" ","_",$filename);// Add _ inplace of blank space in file name, you can remove this line $add = "upload/$filename"; // upload directory path is set //echo $_FILES['images']['type'][$key]; // uncomment this line if you want to display the file type //echo "<br>"; // Display a line break copy($_FILES['images']['tmp_name'][$key], $add); echo $add; // upload the file to the server chmod("$add",0777); // set permission to the file. } } ?> </body> </html>

This answer is obsolote. For a correct answer take look at @rjv's

bensiu · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-27 02:26:44Z

Simple is that, just count the files array first, then in while loop you can easily do this like

$count = count($_FILES{'item_file']['name']);

now you got total number of files right.

In while loop do like this:

$i = 0; while($i<$count) { Upload one by one like we do normally $i++; }

There is something missing here, please take a look at @rjv's answer.

HCV · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-17 11:26:18Z

I run foreach loop with error element, look like

 foreach($_FILES['userfile']['error'] as $k=>$v) { $uploadfile = 'uploads/'. basename($_FILES['userfile']['name'][$k]); if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'][$k], $uploadfile)) { echo "File : ", $_FILES['userfile']['name'][$k] ," is valid, and was successfully uploaded.\n"; } else { echo "Possible file : ", $_FILES['userfile']['name'][$k], " upload attack!\n"; } }

Merbin Joe · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-13 04:27:20Z

We can easy to upload multiple files using php by using the below script.

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<?php if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $j = 0; //Variable for indexing uploaded image $target_path = "uploads/"; //Declaring Path for uploaded images for ($i = 0; $i < count($_FILES['file']['name']); $i++) {//loop to get individual element from the array $validextensions = array("jpeg", "jpg", "png"); //Extensions which are allowed $ext = explode('.', basename($_FILES['file']['name'][$i]));//explode file name from dot(.) $file_extension = end($ext); //store extensions in the variable $target_path = $target_path . md5(uniqid()) . "." . $ext[count($ext) - 1];//set the target path with a new name of image $j = $j + 1;//increment the number of uploaded images according to the files in array if (($_FILES["file"]["size"][$i] < 100000) //Approx. 100kb files can be uploaded. && in_array($file_extension, $validextensions)) { if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][$i], $target_path)) {//if file moved to uploads folder echo $j. ').<span id="noerror">Image uploaded successfully!.</span><br/><br/>'; } else {//if file was not moved. echo $j. ').<span id="error">please try again!.</span><br/><br/>'; } } else {//if file size and file type was incorrect. echo $j. ').<span id="error">***Invalid file Size or Type***</span><br/><br/>'; } } } ?>

Vishnu Bhadoriya · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-15 06:40:52Z

$property_images = $_FILES['property_images']['name']; if(!empty($property_images)) { for($up=0;$up<count($property_images);$up++) { move_uploaded_file($_FILES['property_images']['tmp_name'][$up],'../images/property_images/'.$_FILES['property_images']['name'][$up]); } }

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Adam Falchetta · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-22 17:13:45Z

This is what worked for me. I had to upload files, store filenames and I had additional inof from input fields to store as well and one record per multiple file names. I used serialize() then added that to the main sql query.

 class addReminder extends dbconn { public function addNewReminder(){ $this->exdate = $_POST['exdate']; $this->name = $_POST['name']; $this->category = $_POST['category']; $this->location = $_POST['location']; $this->notes = $_POST['notes']; try { if(isset($_POST['submit'])){ $total = count($_FILES['fileUpload']['tmp_name']); for($i=0;$i<$total;$i++){ $fileName = $_FILES['fileUpload']['name'][$i]; $ext = pathinfo($fileName, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); $newFileName = md5(uniqid()); $fileDest = 'filesUploaded/'.$newFileName.'.'.$ext; $justFileName = $newFileName.'.'.$ext; if($ext === 'pdf' || 'jpeg' || 'JPG'){ move_uploaded_file($_FILES['fileUpload']['tmp_name'][$i], $fileDest); $this->fileName = array($justFileName); $this->encodedFileNames = serialize($this->fileName); var_dump($this->encodedFileNames); }else{ echo $fileName . ' Could not be uploaded. Pdfs and jpegs only please'; } } $sql = "INSERT INTO reminders (exdate, name, category, location, fileUpload, notes) VALUES (:exdate,:name,:category,:location,:fileName,:notes)"; $stmt = $this->connect()->prepare($sql); $stmt->bindParam(':exdate', $this->exdate); $stmt->bindParam(':name', $this->name); $stmt->bindParam(':category', $this->category); $stmt->bindParam(':location', $this->location); $stmt->bindParam(':fileName', $this->encodedFileNames); $stmt->bindParam(':notes', $this->notes); $stmt->execute(); } }catch(PDOException $e){ echo $e->getMessage(); } } }

Kalpesh Rajai · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-08 03:34:26Z

extract($_POST); $error=array(); $extension=array("jpeg","jpg","png","gif"); foreach($_FILES["files"]["tmp_name"] as $key=>$tmp_name) { $file_name=$_FILES["files"]["name"][$key]; $file_tmp=$_FILES["files"]["tmp_name"][$key]; $ext=pathinfo($file_name,PATHINFO_EXTENSION); if(in_array($ext,$extension)) { if(!file_exists("photo_gallery/".$txtGalleryName."/".$file_name)) { move_uploaded_file($file_tmp=$_FILES["files"]["tmp_name"][$key],"photo_gallery/".$txtGalleryName."/".$file_name); } else { $filename=basename($file_name,$ext); $newFileName=$filename.time().".".$ext; move_uploaded_file($file_tmp=$_FILES["files"]["tmp_name"][$key],"photo_gallery/".$txtGalleryName."/".$newFileName); } } else { array_push($error,"$file_name, "); } }

and you must check your HTML code

<form action="create_photo_gallery.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td>Select Photo (one or multiple):</td> <td><input type="file" name="files[]" multiple/></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">Note: Supported image format: .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .gif</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" value="Create Gallery" id="selectedButton"/></td> </tr> </table> </form>

Nice link on:

PHP Single File Uploading with vary basic explanation.

PHP file uploading with the Validation

PHP Multiple Files Upload With Validation Click here to download source code

PHP/jQuery Multiple Files Upload With The ProgressBar And Validation (Click here to download source code)

How To Upload Files In PHP And Store In MySql Database (Click here to download source code)

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