'php' and 'responsive web design'. How do you make the 2 things work together??

Paul_help_

Thanks guys.

I just wanted to ask something.

I can't seem to edit my original post at the top of this thread.

I just wanted to remove the link to my clients website.

For some reason there is no option to edit it.

NogDog

There's a grace period of some length, after which you cannot edit it. (I do not know how long it is.)

I'll go delete the link now. 🙂

Paul_help_

Thanks man.

I was just wondering (because I am kind of nosey).

There are some really familiar people on here, like yourself (NogDog) and others like 'weed packet' and 'laserlight'.

I was just wondering. Do you guys work for phpbuilder (this website)?

NogDog

We're volunteer (i.e. unpaid) moderators here. If you see anyone with something about "admin" under their name, they probably work for the company that owns this site.

Paul_help_

I just need to ask.

Does:

basename($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']);

... and:

basename($_FILES['file']['name']);

... ultimately return the same thing?

Also, it looks to me like the input (file type) element can only hold one file:

<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>
<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>
<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>

.... judging by the illustration code you sent me earlier (extract above) in the post.

Is there no way of only using one input element and selecting multiple files (images) when the browse window pops up (instead of having to use multiple 'input elements' for each individual image I want to upload)?

NogDog

Paul help!;11062407 wrote:
I just need to ask.

Does:

... and:

... ultimately return the same thing?

Probably, but not 100% sure if there would ever be a discrepancy -- nor if it matters which you use.

Also, it looks to me like the input (file type) element can only hold one file:
<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>
<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>
<input type='file' name='userfile[]'>
.... judging by the illustration code you sent me earlier (extract above) in the post.

Is there no way of only using one input element and selecting multiple files (images) when the browse window pops up (instead of having to use multiple 'input elements' for each individual image I want to upload)?

Yes, I'm pretty sure there is a way -- but I'd have to Google it, too. And my first result is: http://php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php

Weedpacket

Well, yes, there is a difference; as described in [man]features.file-upload.post-method[/man]; [font=monospace]name[/font] is the name the file the user had given it before uploading it. But the server saves all uploaded files in a temp directory until you (through your application) decide what to do with them, and if two people upload a file called "bike.png" at the same time then one would trash the other. Not good. So the server saves each file in the temp directory with a distinct temporary name that won't clash with any already in the temp directory. That name is provided to you in the [font=monospace]tmp_name[/font] field.

HTML5 does offer a "multiple" setting for its file input fields, but HTML 4 didn't, and I don't know if the developers have got around to updating PHP's handling (since the page dalecosp and NogDog link to don't mention anything about it, in the absence of anything else in the manual to the contrary, I'll surmise not).

pbismad

Is there no way of only using one input element and selecting multiple files (images) when the browse window pops up (instead of having to use multiple 'input elements' for each individual image I want to upload)?

Actually, yes. If you make the single upload field name an array, with the [] on the end of it, in the file browse dialog/selection box, you can select multiple files using either the control or shift key and clicking or by clicking and dragging. I don't recall if the 'multiple' keyword is needed in the form field tag. This may also be browser specific and I don't know off of the top of my head which current browsers support it. The form processing code is the same as for multiple upload fields using one array name.

dalecosp

pbismad;11062413 wrote:
Actually, yes. If you make the single upload field name an array, with the [] on the end of it, in the file browse dialog/selection box, you can select multiple files using either the control or shift key and clicking or by clicking and dragging. I don't recall if the 'multiple' keyword is needed in the form field tag. This may also be browser specific and I don't know off of the top of my head which current browsers support it. The form processing code is the same as for multiple upload fields using one array name.

Yes; the tag would be something like:

<input type='files' multiple name='foobar'>

A quick test shows Ffox and Chrome support; no reason to suspect it's not present in other browsers as this was present in the HTML5 working specs six years ago.

Weedpacket

And - just checking the HTML5 spec - I see that [font=monospace]<input type='file' multiple name='foobar'>[/font] is equivalent (as far as the submission itself is concerned) to having multiple [font=monospace]<input type='file' name='foobar'>[/font] fields (see step 7).

dalecosp

Weedpacket;11062419 wrote:
And - just checking the HTML5 spec - I see that [font=monospace]<input type='file' multiple name='foobar'>[/font] is equivalent (as far as the submission itself is concerned) to having multiple [font=monospace]<input type='file' name='foobar'>[/font] fields (see step 7).

Good catch! In my position I'd just code it and test it quickly to learn that. On the other hand, it's nice to have specs ... hey, you could write a browser from reading all that! 😉 😉 😃