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How to upload multiple files and store them in a folder with PHP?
Below are the steps to upload multiple files and store them in a folder −
- Input name must be defined as an array i.e. name="inputName[]"
- Input element should have multiple="multiple" or just multiple
- In the PHP file, use the syntax "$_FILES['inputName']['param'][index]"
- Empty file names and paths have to be checked for since the array might contain empty strings. To resolve this, use array_filter() before count.
Below is a demonstration of the code −
HTML
<input name="upload[]" type="file" multiple="multiple" />
PHP
$files = array_filter($_FILES['upload']['name']); //Use something similar before processing files.
// Count the number of uploaded files in array
$total_count = count($_FILES['upload']['name']);
// Loop through every file
for( $i=0 ; $i < $total_count ; $i++ ) {
//The temp file path is obtained
$tmpFilePath = $_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'][$i];
//A file path needs to be present
if ($tmpFilePath != ""){
//Setup our new file path
$newFilePath = "./uploadFiles/" . $_FILES['upload']['name'][$i];
//File is uploaded to temp dir
if(move_uploaded_file($tmpFilePath, $newFilePath)) {
//Other code goes here
}
}
}The files are listed and the count of the number of files that need to be uploaded is stored in ‘total_count’ variable. A temporary file path is created and every file is iteratively put in this temporary path that holds a folder.
Updated on: 06-Apr-2020
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