upload array of files problems

supirman45

My site allows users to upload up to 10 files, but i'm having a bit of difficulty getting my validation code to work. I have an HTML array set up on the upload form like this

<input type=file name=pic[]>
<input type=file name=pic[]>
<input type=file name=pic[]>
<input type=file name=pic[]>

and so on. Then, I have a loop that runs through and checks to see if a file has been uploaded. This part is all fine, the problem comes here: How do I find out the file extension to limit only certain files to be uploaded?

Normally you would use something like

  $file = $_POST['file']['type'];

but how do I do that when my variable is an array?

Thanks!

LordShryku

Considering type is now an array, you'd have to go one element further. The method you're using creates a numeric array, so they would be $POST['file']['type'][0], $POST['file']['type'][1] and so on. But you'll probably be doing this in a loop I presume....

supirman45

tried what you suggested but it didn't work either

supirman45

Got it working. Had to use $FILES, not $POST

thanks

Shrike

So you can send multiple files over the http upload stream? Didn't know that, and thats rather useful to know. What happens when you use functions like move_uploaded_file() ?