upload multiple files at once

Hi,

Is it possible to upload a bunch of files at once to the server with a php
script ? The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by
one... All the scripts I found up till now can upload multiple files but
only by selecting them one by one in different boxes.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

> Is it possible to upload a bunch of files at once to the server with a php
> script ? The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by
> one... All the scripts I found up till now can upload multiple files but
> only by selecting them one by one in different boxes.

It's not a PHP problem, but client-side HTML problem. HTML does not allow
multiple file upload (one <input type="file" ... /> is one uploaded file).
Some portals use ActiveX controls to solve those problems.

Hilarion

Thanks for your reply.
What is the easiest way to solve this problem ? Write a java applet ?

Tom

"Hilarion" <hilarion@SPAM.op.SMIECI.pl> wrote in message
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> > Is it possible to upload a bunch of files at once to the server with a
php
> > script ? The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by
> > one... All the scripts I found up till now can upload multiple files but
> > only by selecting them one by one in different boxes.
>
> It's not a PHP problem, but client-side HTML problem. HTML does not allow
> multiple file upload (one <input type="file" ... /> is one uploaded file).
> Some portals use ActiveX controls to solve those problems.
>
> Hilarion
>
>

Hilarion wrote:
>>Is it possible to upload a bunch of files at once to the server with a php
>>script ? The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by
>>one... All the scripts I found up till now can upload multiple files but
>>only by selecting them one by one in different boxes.
>
>
> It's not a PHP problem, but client-side HTML problem. HTML does not allow
> multiple file upload (one <input type="file" ... /> is one uploaded file).
> Some portals use ActiveX controls to solve those problems.
>
> Hilarion
>
>
That does not mean you can't make a php script with multiple file
uploads ,each chosen by the user

Here is the input tag:
<input type="file" name="images+3">

each tag has a different name, the names of the files which are chosen
end up in the $_FILES array.

> That does not mean you can't make a php script with multiple file uploads ,each chosen by the user
>
> Here is the input tag:
> <input type="file" name="images+3">
>
> each tag has a different name, the names of the files which are chosen end up in the $_FILES array.

Look at the text:

"The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by one..."

Your solution allows uploading of multiple files, but user has to select them
one by one.
Yes, it allows uploading more than one file, but each one requires one
<input type="file" ... /> tag, so 4 files is 4 inputs etc.

Hilarion

"Tom" <t_t_1232000nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to upload a bunch of files at once to the server with a php
> script ? The user should be able to select multiple files and not one by
> one... All the scripts I found up till now can upload multiple files but
> only by selecting them one by one in different boxes.

The way Gallery solved this is by allowing you to upload a zipfile of files
(ok, so you need to know in advance which files you want to upload and have
them ready zipped) and the php then unzips them for you.

Just a thought, although this might not be the best solution if you have the
type of user who thinks a cd drive is a cup holder!

Alternatively, why not provide a list of, say, 10 input fields allowing you
to select up to 10 files and then you have one 'UPLOAD!' button. Again, this
is how Gallery allows the user to do it.

http://gallery.menalto.com/ if you aren't aware of it

MERRY CHRISTMAS

"Big Frank" <francois@duffortENLEVE.org> wrote:


>
> Alternatively, why not provide a list of, say, 10 input fields allowing you
> to select up to 10 files and then you have one 'UPLOAD!' button.


And use "name[]" as the fieldname then those files come into an array
which makes it easier to process.

hth

mgk
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