[RESOLVED] Form / Array issue...

[Mr_Jezz]

hi,

i have a form which includes

<INPUT TYPE=\"file\" NAME=\"File[]\">

This allows users to upload any number of files at once. After the form has been posted, i do the following :

$_POST[File] = $_FILES[File][name];
@copy($_FILES[File][tmp_name], $Location.$_FILES[File][name]);

while ((list($k,$v) = each($_POST[File])) && (list($k,$w) = each($_POST[Title])))
	{				
		$sql= "insert into $files_table (FileType_Id, secondarytype_id, Product_Id, FileName, Title, Description, ModifiedDate, Author_Id)
		VALUES ('', '', '', '$v', '$w', '', '', '')";
		$result = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error());

	$sql = "SELECT ID, FileName FROM $files_table
	WHERE FileName = '$v'";
	$result2 = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error());

	$num = @mysql_num_rows($result2);

	if ($num != 0) 
		{
			while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result2))
				{
					$file_id = $row['ID'];
				}
		}

	$sql= "insert into $tf_associations_table (file_id, topic_Id)
	VALUES ('$file_id', '$_POST[topic_id]')";
	$result3 = @mysql_query($sql,$connection) or die(mysql_error());
					}

	$Message = "<div class=Update>CMS UPDATE - The file(s) were uploaded and attached successfully</div>";

	header("Location: http://$host$uri/$Page_Title?show=View&Message=$Message");
	exit;
}

the issue is that the @copy part does not copy the file, it seems to be because $_POST[File] is an array. i am not sure how to deal with this effectively, so that all uploaded files are copied correctly, any thoughts? if i remove the [] part from the input part of the form, i.e. drop the array, it works fine except that multiple files would not be handled. the database parts work fine, in so far as all tasks are executed correctly and the data is stored as expected, it's just the mass file copying which fails. i think i need to do some stuff with the array, i'm just not sure what, and ain't figured it out yet, despite alot of testing.

your help would be greatly appreciated.

[bogu]

U should use [man]move_uploaded_file[/man] not the copy function ...

[Weedpacket]

Leaving the error-message suppression '@' off might also provide more information about any errors.

[Mr_Jezz]

The use of <INPUT TYPE="file\" NAME=\"File[]\"> creates $_POST[File], which has a value of 'Array'. What I think I need to do is to retrieve the individual values of the array, in order to be able to copy the files. However, I am not sure how to retrieve the individual elements, I've tried a number of approaches, none of which were successful.

I had a look at move_uploaded_file, but could not get it too work and it won't solve the bigger issue.

[bogu]

U should [man]print_r[/man] your $_FILES array to see how it looks like ...

[Mr_Jezz]

looks like :

Array ( [0] => cPix.ini )

Which i guess is what i'd expect, since cPix.ini is the file i selected for uploading. Am trying the following :

$_POST[File] = $_FILES[File][name];

while(list($key,$value) = each($_FILES[File][name]))
	{
		if(!empty($value)) // this will check if any blank field is entered
			{
				$filename = $value; // filename stores the value
				$add = "../CMS/Files/Knowledgebase/$filename"; // upload directory path is set
				copy($_FILES[File][tmp_name][$key], $add); //  upload the file to the server
			}
	}

It works! Files are uploaded correctly 🙂