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Upload file using array for files

18 Days Ago

Hi,

I am reading in a bunch of files to upload but they are in an array:

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<input id="tab1file0" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
<input id="tab1file1" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
<input id="tab1file0" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
<input id="tab1file1" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />

To upload the files I call a function uploadFile() which looks like this:

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function uploadFile($thefile) {
		$base_path = "files/";
		$target_path = $base_path . basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']);
		echo($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name']);
		if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
			echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name'])." has been uploaded <br>";
		} else{
			echo "There was an error uploading the file".basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']).", please try again!<br>";
		}
}
function uploadFile($thefile) {
		$base_path = "files/";
		$target_path = $base_path . basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']);
		echo($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name']);
		if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
			echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name'])." has been uploaded <br>";
		} else{
			echo "There was an error uploading the file".basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']).", please try again!<br>";
		}
}

The only problem is when I get the files from the form, they are in an array and I can't seem to point the correct string to the upload file function.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by dpatz

Hi,

I am reading in a bunch of files to upload but they are in an array:
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<input id="tab1file0" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
<input id="tab1file1" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
<input id="tab1file0" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" /> <input id="tab1file1" class="tab1Files files" type="file" name="tab1file[]" />
To upload the files I call a function uploadFile() which looks like this:
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function uploadFile($thefile) {
		$base_path = "files/";
		$target_path = $base_path . basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']);
		echo($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name']);
		if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
			echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name'])." has been uploaded <br>";
		} else{
			echo "There was an error uploading the file".basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']).", please try again!<br>";
		}
}
function uploadFile($thefile) { $base_path = "files/"; $target_path = $base_path . basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']); echo($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name']); if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$thefile]['tmp_name'], $target_path)) { echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name'])." has been uploaded <br>"; } else{ echo "There was an error uploading the file".basename( $_FILES[$thefile]['name']).", please try again!<br>"; } }
The only problem is when I get the files from the form, they are in an array and I can't seem to point the correct string to the upload file function.

Thanks!

you are looking for method like below -

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extract($_POST);
 
foreach($tab1file as $key=>$value)
{
	//call your function here
}
extract($_POST);

foreach($tab1file as $key=>$value)
{
	//call your function here
}