Posting an unknown number of files to php

Question

I am currently working on php project where I need to upload files, but I have no way of knowing how many files the user will upload.

There will be one file upload by default on the form with a link to add another file upload. When the form is submitted how would I post all of the files to the php script if I don't know the number of files that are being uploaded.

Does it work in the same way as a checkbox array so you could have something like

<input type="file" name"myFile[]" />
<input type="file" name"myFile[]" />

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Similar post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1175347/how-can-i-select-and-upload-multiple-files-with-html-and-php-using-http-post). — Arka, May 26 '12 at 22:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '12 at 22:05

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Yes, it works exactly like a checkbox array.

answered May 26 '12 at 22:05

Niet the Dark Absol

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 26 '12 at 22:09

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Yes, works fine.

try to do this, after post form with files:

<pre>
    <?php print_r($_FILES['myFile']['tmp_name']); ?>
</pre>

You will get a array. Access each file info with their index:

$_FILES['myFile']['tmp_name'][0];
$_FILES['myFile']['tmp_name'][1];

answered May 26 '12 at 22:09

Gabriel Santos

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Thanks I did try do that array thing that I mentioned in the question but it didn't work because I forgot to put set the form enctype. – Boardy May 27 '12 at 15:20

Posting an unknown number of files to php

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