Uploading Images

Napster

I have seen on some peoples sites that you can upload an image with a form. I was wondering how do I make a script like this, I was wondering if someone could give me some source code or a link to a tutorial on how to program something like this as I have no idea where to start, or even what it is called.

What I am looking for is like a small form with a text field and a browse button so you can browse your computer for an image and then press a second button to upload the image onto your server. And then maybe something to make sure that the file is really an image.

Thank in advance.

rachel2004

As far as the form, you probably mean this:

<input type="file" name="my_file" />

Probably at phpfreaks.com or one of the other script repositories, there are some pre-made script for file uploads. Or maybe someone else knows one off the top of their head.

commandonz

A few more clues, these and google will solve the problem for you. This is for uploading multiple images, and is copied and pasted from what I just made. I'm new to PHP so this might not be perfect but it works fine.

The html bit

<form action="image.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <input name="image[]" type="file" />
  <input name="image[]" type="file" />
  <input type="submit" value="Send files">
</form>

The php bit

   for ($i = 0; $i <= 5; $i++) {
      $str = $_FILES['image']['name'][$i];
      if (strlen($str) > 0) {
         // Get the file information
         $name = $_FILES['image']['name'][$i];
         $type = $_FILES['image']['type'][$i];
         $tmpFilename = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'][$i];
         $error = $_FILES['image']['error'][$i];
         $size = $_FILES['image']['size'][$i];

     // Weed out the non-image files
     $newImageId = null;
     if ($type == "image/gif" || $type == "image/jpeg" || $type == "image/png") {
        $newImageId = addImage($headphoneId, "tmpfilename", $userId);
     } else {
        $newImageId = null;
     }
  }
   }