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Pooshonk
Pooshonk

Reputation: 1324

Codeigniter, uploading multiple files with same name

I have an upload form that allows me to add as many files as needed. However when I start trying to upload the files I get an error.

Controller

$this->load->library('upload'); 
$error = "";
$file  = "";
$this->total_count_of_files = count($_FILES['user_certificates']['name']);
print_r($_FILES['user_certificates']['name']);

for($i=0; $i<$this->total_count_of_files; $i++)
{
    $_FILES['user_certificates']['name'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['name'][$i];
    $_FILES['user_certificates']['type'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['type'][$i];
    $_FILES['user_certificates']['tmp_name'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['tmp_name'][$i];
    $_FILES['user_certificates']['error'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['error'][$i];
    $_FILES['user_certificates']['size'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['size'][$i];

    $config['encrypt_name'] = TRUE;
    $config['file_name'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['name'];
    $config['upload_path'] = './certificate_files/';
    $config['allowed_types'] = 'txt|pdf|doc|docx';
    $config['max_size'] = 0;

    $this->upload->initialize($config);

    if (!$this->upload->do_upload())
    {
        $status = 'error';
        $msg = $this->upload->display_errors();
    }
    else
    {
        $data = $this->upload->data();
        $file = $data['raw_name'] . $data['file_ext'];
    }
    if($file)
    {
        $status = "success";
        $msg = "Image successfully uploaded";
    }
    else
    {
        $status = "error";
        $msg = "Something went wrong when saving the image, please try again.";
    }
}   
echo json_encode(array('status' => $status, 'msg' => $msg));
exit();

The print_r($_FILES['user_certificates']['name'])) shows me the files I have added:

Array ( [0] => license.txt [1] => license.txt )

I am totally stuck on how to get the upload to work. Any ideas?

Cheers in advance!

EDIT

If I change this:

if (!$this->upload->do_upload())

to this:

if (!$this->upload->do_upload('user_certificates'))

it works, but only for one file, it doesn't seem to loop round again for some reason

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2242

Answers (1)

Runish Kumar
Runish Kumar

Reputation: 194

Your loops seems to be incorrect.

...
$_FILES['user_certificates']['name'] = $_FILES['user_certificates']['name'][$i];
...

these lines overwrite the original $_FILES array, so after completion of first loop, it will not find anything else in the loop because it got overwritten.

Instead you may first store the $_FILES array to a local variable and loop through it to upload one by one.

Upvotes: 2

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