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Old Sep 5th, 2007, 22:05
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Multiple file uploads
Hi i am trying to set up a mutliple file upload PHP form but cannot get it to work for more than one upload. My code is as follows:


FORM CODE:
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<FORM ACTION="tender_request.php" METHOD="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" NAME="form1">
    <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="MAX_FILE_SIZE" VALUE="1000000000" />

<TABLE WIDTH="737" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="5" CLASS="contact_text">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Company Name:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="69%" VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="company_name" ID="company_name" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="10">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Email Address :&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="email" ID="email" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="11">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Telephone Number:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="telephone" ID="telephone" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="12">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Project Title:&nbsp;* </DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="project_title" TYPE="text" ID="project_title" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="13">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 1:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 2:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 3:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 4:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 5:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 6:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 7:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 8:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> The following file formats are allowed to be uploaded to us: <STRONG>JPEG</STRONG>, <STRONG>DOC</STRONG>, <STRONG>PDF</STRONG> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Message:&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<TEXTAREA NAME="message" COLS="50" ROWS="6" CLASS="contactForm" ID="message"  TABINDEX="15"></TEXTAREA>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="Send" TYPE="submit" CLASS="btn" VALUE="Submit Request" TABINDEX="16"/>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</FORM> 
PHP CODE:
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  <?php
//import form information
  $company = $_REQUEST['company_name'] ;
  $subject = $_REQUEST['project_title'] ;
  $telephone = $_REQUEST['telephone'] ;
        $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
        $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
        $uploaddir = 'uploads/';

        $uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['name']);
     $uploadfile2 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile2']['name']);
        $uploadfile3 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile3']['name']);
        $uploadfile4 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile4']['name']);
        $uploadfile5 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile5']['name']);
        $uploadfile6 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile6']['name']);
        $uploadfile7 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile7']['name']);
        $uploadfile8 = $uploaddir . basename($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile8']['name']);
                        


/*
Simple form validation
check to see if an email and message were entered
*/
//if no message entered and no email entered print an error  
if (empty($company)){
  print "You did not enter a <STRONG>Company Name</STRONG> in the Tender Request form. <br> Please <a href=tenders.html>Click here</a> to try again.";
  }
   //if no message entered send print an error  
        elseif (empty($telephone)){
  print "You did not enter a <STRONG>Telephone Number</STRONG> in the Tender Request form. <br> Please <a href=tenders.html>Click here</a> to try again.";
  }
    elseif (empty($subject)){
  print "You did not enter a <STRONG>Project Title</STRONG> in the Tender Request form. <br> Please <a href=tenders.html>Click here</a> to try again.";
  }
  //if no email entered send print an error  
  elseif (!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)){
  print "The email address entered is not valid. .<br><a class=sub-links href=contact.php>Click here</a> to try again.<br>";
  }


 

  //if the form has both an email and a message
  else {
        

// print a response message


//Thank the user by name if they entered a name
if (!empty($name)) {
  print "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>";
}

$body= "Company Name: " . $company. "\n\nTelephone: " . $telephone.  "\n\nEmail: " . $email. "\n\nProject Title: " . $subject;

//mail the form contents
mail("robukni@gmail.com", "Tender Request", $body, "From: $email" );


if (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
    echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
                } 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile2']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile2)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile3']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile3)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile4']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile4)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile5']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile5)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile6']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile6)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile7']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile7)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
} 
elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile8']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile8)) {
echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";
}             

else {
    echo "No file was selected to upload!\n";
}


 
  }

?>
Any help much appreciated.

Thanks
Robert
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Old Sep 5th, 2007, 22:34
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Re: Multiple file uploads
you have to name the file inputs differently
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Re: Multiple file uploads
Sorry i have tried that but it didn't work so i reverted back to that one.

Any other suggestions?


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Re: Multiple file uploads
There are two reasons why it's not working.

alexgeek is right, in your html you have to change the name attribute to:

userfile
userfile2
userfile3...

on the php side of things, you are saying, in english:
if the first file is saved, then don't worry about the other files

you're almost there, you just need to replace all the "elseif's" in the code below with with "if".

Also while you're at it, you should use $_FILES intstead of $HTTP_POST_FILES as it is depreceated.

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if (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {

    echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

                } 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile2']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile2)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile3']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile3)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile4']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile4)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile5']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile5)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile6']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile6)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile7']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile7)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 

elseif (move_uploaded_file($HTTP_POST_FILES['userfile8']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile8)) {

echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n";

} 
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Re: Multiple file uploads
You could probably change your code to be quite a bit more graceful and cut back on your duplication.

Changing the names of the file inputs to

<input type="file" name="userfile[]" tabindex="26" size="16" />

and adding an input like

<input type="hidden" name="max_uploads_allowed" value="8" />

Changing the value to the amount of upload inputs on your page. Changing the name of the files in this manner will mean PHP will create an array in the superglobal $HTTP_POST_FILES['username'] or $_FILES

With an enumerated array that you can cycle through like

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 for ($i= 0; $i < $_REQUEST['max_allowed_uploads']; $i++)

{

   $location = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile'][$i]['name']);



     if (move_uploaded_file($_FILE[$i], $uploaddir))

     echo "Thankyou for your Tender Request at H.McLarnon and Son. <br><br>The File ({$_FILE['userfile'][$i]['name']} )that you selected is valid, and was successfully sent to us.\n"; 



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Re: Multiple file uploads
I have tried that but when i click submit it just loads a blank page.

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<FORM ACTION="tender_request.php" METHOD="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" NAME="form1">
    <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="MAX_FILE_SIZE" VALUE="1000000000" />
                <input type="hidden" name="max_uploads_allowed" value="8" />
<TABLE WIDTH="737" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="5" CLASS="contact_text">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Company Name:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="69%" VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="company_name" ID="company_name" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="10">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Email Address :&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="email" ID="email" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="11">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Telephone Number:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="telephone" ID="telephone" TYPE="text" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="12">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Project Title:&nbsp;* </DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="project_title" TYPE="text" ID="project_title" SIZE="30" MAXLENGTH="50" TABINDEX="13">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 1:&nbsp;*</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 2:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 3:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 4:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 5:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 6:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 7:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile[]" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Upload tender Request 8:</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="userfile" TYPE="file" TABINDEX="26" SIZE="16">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> The following file formats are allowed to be uploaded to us: <STRONG>JPEG</STRONG>, <STRONG>DOC</STRONG>, <STRONG>PDF</STRONG> </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">
<DIV ALIGN="RIGHT">Message:&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<TEXTAREA NAME="message" COLS="50" ROWS="6" CLASS="contactForm" ID="message"  TABINDEX="15"></TEXTAREA>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
<INPUT NAME="Send" TYPE="submit" CLASS="btn" VALUE="Submit Request" TABINDEX="16"/>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</FORM> 
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