Multiple file uploads

[3A Web Hosting]

Hi

Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
selecting each file individually.

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[jn]

Re: Multiple file uploads

"3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3FF06016.E C440F52@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
> selecting each file individually.
>
> --
> Colin
>
> 3A Web Hosting Team
> http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk
>[/color]

You can't do that with a regular HTML form.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jupload/

Use the JUpload applet. It sits on your upload page, and the applet submits
to a processing script that you specify. (Your browser doesn't leave the
upload page though...it shows you a progress bar, and tells you when it is
done).

When you upload the files, they will be available in your processing script
as $_FILES["File1"], $_FILES["File2"], etc.

[FLEB]

Re: Multiple file uploads

Regarding this well-known quote, often attributed to 3A Web Hosting's
famous "Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:10:46 +0000" speech:
[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
> selecting each file individually.[/color]

Nope... not without some sort of Java, Flash, or other client-side
front-end.

If you have the access, you could make some sort of FTP drop-box processor,
but that's iffy.

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[jn]

Re: Multiple file uploads

"jn" <jsumner1@cfl.r r.com> wrote in message
news:r90Ib.9064 4$Dt6.2405334@t wister.tampabay .rr.com...[color=blue]
> "3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3FF06016.E C440F52@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=green]
> > Hi
> >
> > Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> > problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> > group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> > multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
> > selecting each file individually.
> >
> > --
> > Colin
> >
> > 3A Web Hosting Team
> > http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk
> >[/color]
>
> You can't do that with a regular HTML form.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jupload/
>
> Use the JUpload applet. It sits on your upload page, and the applet[/color]
submits[color=blue]
> to a processing script that you specify. (Your browser doesn't leave the
> upload page though...it shows you a progress bar, and tells you when it is
> done).
>
> When you upload the files, they will be available in your processing[/color]
script[color=blue]
> as $_FILES["File1"], $_FILES["File2"], etc.
>
>
>[/color]

By the way, there are a couple of better applets out there...but I
recommended this one because it's free and I'm a cheap bastard.

[CountScubula]

Re: Multiple file uploads

3A Web Hosting <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message news:<3FF06016. EC440F52@3awebh osting.co.uk>.. .[color=blue]
> Hi
>
> Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
> selecting each file individually.[/color]

Not realy, at least as far as I am aware of, this is a function of the
browser/HTML not the PHP script.

What I have done in the past is to allow a .zip file upload and the
server unzips it and goes to work.

Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[3A Web Hosting]

Re: Multiple file uploads

Hi
[color=blue]
> By the way, there are a couple of better applets out there...but I
> recommended this one because it's free and I'm a cheap bastard.[/color]

I know the feeling ;-)

I'll give it a try

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Colin

3A Web Hosting Team

http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk

[3A Web Hosting]

Re: Multiple file uploads

Hi Folks

Thanks for all the replies. I thought it was probably a browser issue.
I'll play around with Java and see how I get on. Not the path I would
prefer but......

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Colin

3A Web Hosting Team

http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk

[Chris Mosser]

Re: Multiple file uploads

"jn" <jsumner1@cfl.r r.com> wrote in message
news:r90Ib.9064 4$Dt6.2405334@t wister.tampabay .rr.com...[color=blue]
> "3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3FF06016.E C440F52@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=green]
> > Hi
> >
> > Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> > problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> > group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> > multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but means
> > selecting each file individually.
> >
> > --
> > Colin
> >
> > 3A Web Hosting Team
> > http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk
> >[/color]
>
> You can't do that with a regular HTML form.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jupload/
>
> Use the JUpload applet. It sits on your upload page, and the applet[/color]
submits[color=blue]
> to a processing script that you specify. (Your browser doesn't leave the
> upload page though...it shows you a progress bar, and tells you when it is
> done).
>
> When you upload the files, they will be available in your processing[/color]
script[color=blue]
> as $_FILES["File1"], $_FILES["File2"], etc.
>
>[/color]

maybe I'm missing something here, but I created an HTML form that allows
upto 4 jpg's to be uploaded at the same time and it works fine?!

CMosser

[jn]

Re: Multiple file uploads

"Chris Mosser" <cmosser_at_com cast_dot_net> wrote in message
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> "jn" <jsumner1@cfl.r r.com> wrote in message
> news:r90Ib.9064 4$Dt6.2405334@t wister.tampabay .rr.com...[color=green]
> > "3A Web Hosting" <info@3awebhost ing.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:3FF06016.E C440F52@3awebho sting.co.uk...[color=darkred]
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Is it possible to perform multiple file uploads via a form? It's no
> > > problem uploading single files but I want to be able to highlight a
> > > group of files and upload them all in one go. My current method,
> > > multiple <INPUT TYPE="FILE" NAME="userfile[x]"> entries, works but[/color][/color][/color]
means[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > selecting each file individually.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Colin
> > >
> > > 3A Web Hosting Team
> > > http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk
> > >[/color]
> >
> > You can't do that with a regular HTML form.
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/jupload/
> >
> > Use the JUpload applet. It sits on your upload page, and the applet[/color]
> submits[color=green]
> > to a processing script that you specify. (Your browser doesn't leave the
> > upload page though...it shows you a progress bar, and tells you when it[/color][/color]
is[color=blue][color=green]
> > done).
> >
> > When you upload the files, they will be available in your processing[/color]
> script[color=green]
> > as $_FILES["File1"], $_FILES["File2"], etc.
> >
> >[/color]
>
> maybe I'm missing something here, but I created an HTML form that allows
> upto 4 jpg's to be uploaded at the same time and it works fine?!
>
> CMosser
>
>
>[/color]

By having 4 different file fields, yes you can do that. He doesn't want to
do it one by one...he wants to select multiple files and submit it using one
thing. I use that JUpload applet to upload many photos to my galleries (like
50) at the same time.

[CountScubula]

Re: Multiple file uploads

I think he is looking to click one upload button, and inster 4 files into
one box by highlighting more than one, instead of having sever inpout boxes
on a form. At least I think that what he is asking

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Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[3A Web Hosting]

Re: Multiple file uploads

Hi
[color=blue]
> I think he is looking to click one upload button, and inster 4 files into
> one box by highlighting more than one, instead of having sever inpout boxes
> on a form. At least I think that what he is asking[/color]

Yup, that's what I'm after. Having 20+ input boxes would be a real pain!

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Colin

3A Web Hosting Team

http://www.3awebhosting.co.uk