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PHP

Posted by Priscilla Kam
Priscilla Kam
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php multiple file upload and insert into table problem

Hi Everybody

Does anyone know how to upload multiple files and insert into db table?

I just know that there is a thing e.g. <input type="file" name="uploads[ ]" /> but i don't know how to get the data from the uploads[ ] and then insert into table to specific rows correctly.

1 Answer

Randy Hoyt
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Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Randy Hoyt
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Are you talking about inserting them into a database table?

If you have your HTML inputs set up as an array with a name of "uploads", then the $_POST["uploads"] variable should be an array that you can loop through, something like this:

foreach ($_POST["uploads"] as $upload) {

    // insert $upload into database 

}

Inside the foreach loop, you do the same thing you would do if you only had one upload.

Does that help?