Uploading multiple images; assigning a random number to file

[mhallmon]

I am new to coding so please bare with me. I originally had my members edit_pic page to only upload one pic and overwrite the old pic if uploading a new one. I want my members to be able to upload multiple pics and have them saved to the membersFile/"Thier ID"/ directory on my server. After reading the tutorial from w3schools I decided to copy and paste their code, then change what needed to be changed. Here is the code:

 

<?php

session_start();

 

 

if (!isset($_SESSION['id'])) {

  echo 'Please <a href="login.php">log in</a> to access your account';

  exit();

}

 

$id = $_SESSION['id'];

// Process the form if it is submitted

if ($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'] != "") {

    // Run error handling on the file

    // Set Max file size limit to 3mb

    $maxfilesize = 25165824;

    // Check file size, if too large exit and tell them why

    if($_FILES['uploadedfile']['size'] > $maxfilesize ) {

        echo "<br /><br />Your image was too large. Must be 3mb or less, please<br /><br />

        <a href=\"edit_pic.php\">click here</a> to try again";

        unlink($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']);

        exit();

    // Check file extension to see if it is .jpg or .gif, if not exit and tell them why

    } else if (!preg_match("/\.(gif|jpg)$/i", $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'] ) ) {

        echo "<br /><br />Your image was not .gif or .jpg and it must be one of those two formats, please<br />

        <a href=\"edit_pic.php\">click here</a> to try again";

        unlink($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']);

        exit();

        // If no errors on the file process it and upload to server

    } else {

        // Rename the pic

        function findexts ($filename) { $filename = strtolower($filename) ; $exts = split("[/\\.]", $filename) ; $n = count($exts)-1; $exts = $exts[$n]; return $exts; }

 

//This applies the function to our file 

$ext = findexts ($_FILES['uploaded']['name']) ;

 

 

$ran = rand () ;

$ran2 = $ran.".";

$target = "memberFiles/$id/";

$target = $target . $ran2.$ext;

// Set the direntory for where to upload it, use the member id to hit their folder

        // Upload the file

        if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name']['tmp_name'], $target)) {

            echo "Success, the image has been uploaded and will display to visitors!<br /><br />

            <a href=\"member_account.php\">Click here</a> to return to your profile edit area";

            exit();

 

 

        } else {

            echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again. If it continues to happen please contact support. <br /><br />

            <a href=\"member_account.php\">Click here</a> to return to your profile edit area";

            exit();

        }

    } // close else after file error checks

} // close if post the form

?>

 

 

Now, when I test this page it will always echo the error. Can anyone please tell me what I did wrong and help me fix it?

[fugix]

Which error are you constantly receiving? As on your code you have multiple error triggers. Also as a side note, be careful when using w3schools, here is why

[mhallmon]

Thanks for the fast reply and also, thanks for the info on W3school... After searching the net for hours... they were the only source I found that had information I was looking for without downloading software to do it for me. I would rather know how to do it. The error message I continue to get is : "There was an error uploading the file, please try again. If it continues to happen please contact support." Not sure why.

 

[mhallmon]

I found a better tutorial and tried the script... it worked. I will post it in a min just in-case anyone else ever has this issue