Uploading multiple files but zip them first

[brucensal]

Hi,

I just posted in the 'Database' section (probably not the right place) but i was wanting to upload multiple files to a database along with a users name (to determine who's images are who).

But I just had a thought can the files be added to a zip file then uploaded, this will help with the downloading of them also.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks.

[bradgrafelman]

I'll leave the other thread alone in the Database forum as that also deals with the DB-side of things, but to answer your question posed in this thread...

There's not really any easy solution to "zip" the files before upload, no. Unless you can find (or write?) some sort of Java applet to add the files to a Zip archive, there's nothing you can do except ask the users to zip the files themselves. PHP, of course, can read zipped archives, so that's no problem. It's just that there's not much in the way of client-side scripting that will easily zip the files for you.

[brucensal]

Thanks,

I will have a look around. Alot of the customers are not going to be able to zip files themselves, I have found in the past, just getting them to email the photos

Thanks again

[brucensal]

Hi,

I have another question. Provided i get the multiple files uploading to my database, does anyone know a way of viewing all uploaded files that relate to a customer and then download them.

Thanks.

[Thikho]

yep it means when u upload them you give them a category that way you will view your gallery in categories , check this tutorial

[brucensal]

Thanks I will have a read when I get home. Without already reading it, will I be able to download these images.

Thanks for the relpy