Tim wrote: >> Børge Holen wrote: >>> On Monday 11 December 2006 20:48, Jochem Maas wrote: >>>> Richard Lynch wrote: >>>>> On Sat, December 9, 2006 12:18 pm, William Stokes wrote: >>>>>> Is it possible to allow user pick several images and upload them all >>>>>> at >>>>>> once? (I need to pass the images to a function for the resize). Or do >>>>>> I need >>>>>> to give several browse buttons to allow multiple file uploads? >>>>> Yes, you would need to have several INPUT TYPE="FILE" browse buttons. >>>>> >>>>>> Also I have seen a application (written with MS tools) that allows >>>>>> user to >>>>>> upload a zip file containing images and the zip is automatically >>>>>> uncompressed to a server disk. Can this be done with PHP also? >>>>> Yes. >>>>> http://php.net/zip >>>> the zip extension is only available in php5.2 (or installable via >>>> pecl). >>>> >>>> another option would to use the exec() function to make a call to >>>> gunzip in order to unpack the contents of the zip file. >>>> >>>> a truely poorman's alternative would be to offer multiple FILE input >>>> fields on the relevant page and check which one's are not empty when >>>> the submission occurs. >>> there is no reason for checking each input. >> is that crack your smoking? > > > Well considering you are using multiple FILE input fields, when you post the > form all file info is stored in $_FILE array.. So weather or not the user > added a file to the a certain field is irrelevant. For example: > > <input name="userfile[]" type="file" size="10"> <--- filled > <input name="userfile[]" type="file" size="10"> > <input name="userfile[]" type="file" size="10"> <--- filled > > You would then parse this with: > > for ($i=0; $i<count($_FILES['userfile']['name']); $i++) { > <your code here> > } nice, so basically what your saying is need to check each input. if you have three file inputs - regardless of what you call them (using the '[]' gives you a nice array structure to loop) you will have to check each one to see whether it 'contains' a *valid* *uploaded* file (or whether the user uploaded nothing in a given input, or whether an error occured with a particular file, etc). copy/pasting sombody else's file upload handler code doesn't constitute 'no reason to check each input' - it's simply handing off the input checking onto code written by someone else. > > So no I don't think he's on crack mate :) either way he's unlikely to be financing said crack habit with the proceeds of paid php development. > >>> Take a look at my earlier questions with the subject "A general UL >> script" and >>> the replies with various ppl here 'bout the use of $_FILES. >>> This way it will check anything listed in the file(s) input of form(s). >> er, whatever. whose next? > > > Some people generate large amounts of irrelevant crap traffic for nothing > imo :) I do my best. (there is a gag in there about 'irrelevant crack' but I'll let it pass this time). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
