multi-file upload again

Anon

Hello,
I've been browsing through the archives but found no solution. I fear this is just not doable.

To the point, I want to upload many files via web form using the file input type. I'd like to select some of them with 'ctrl'+mouse button, and then process them as usual with the file_name, but this time probably with file_name[].

I guess this is more html question than php, but if I'll manage to break through the html code here, I haven't so far found solution on how to catch multiple files on the server side, so this question would land here eventually.

CUIN Kaczy

Anon

no way...multiple file upload's not possible at the time.
a possible workaround for this problem it's like hotmail.com , user cath the file one by one and hold them, next when click upload the script copy that files on the server.
check hotmail.com(sorry for my english i'm italian!!)

Anon

Just make you <input type="file" name="file[]"> tags arrays using []

then when you process the form you can loop the array throught a script that will upload each piece of the array

Let me know if you need help with the script

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You can upload ONE file per file-upload box,
but you can have as many file-upload boxes as you like.

And you can always use FTP instead of WWW.

A forum, a FAQ, what else do you need?

Time to YAPF!: http://www.hvt-automation.nl/yapf/

Anon

You're sure about this?
I'll try this tommorow morning, but I have some doubts if it'll work. Even if this is just the method to handle the more than one incoming file the way php deal with multiple selects from otpion field. And does not change in any way the browse window properties.

CUIN Kaczy

Anon

Can you give any sample code for this?
I guess I could gather a dir list into <select multiple>
and then via selected_options[] use the ftp to download all required files.
problems:
1. syntax to use ftp,
2. setting correct rights on the server machine,
3. speed, how long would it take to open ftp connection, and not to loose the http connection to the displayed page

but what about upload, I don't recall (I SHOULD search more before writing this reply, but I hope you have the recipe handy)
any functions to get the directory listing of the remote computer (probably javascript combo will be required)

CUIN Kaczy

andrin

I think it is doable as vincent says. One file per file-upload input field. I think I came across this doing my first homepage at Geocities long ago. First you have by default one file-upload input field and a button (or link or whatever) where you can choose how many files you want to upload. Pushing this button will (maybe) reload the page and give you as many file-upload input fields you want. Then select your files and upload them. There are no restrictions in the HTTP protocol about this and Geocities did it with CGI so doing it with PHP would be a piece of cake ;-)

Good Luck
/Andrin

Anon

i have wrote a code snippet that can help you
at www.mrtio.com/multiple.zip :-)

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Use an FTP client to upload files to your FTP server. Forget all about using a browser to upload files, you are just re-inventing the wheel, and you will never be as fast and efficient as FTP is.