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PHP Upload Multiple Images With Captions Stored in MySQL - Jquery Add Input For Each New Image


JesseElser15

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I've written a script to store images in my database. The images have a caption that is also uploaded and stored. This was fairly easy to get working. I have a jquery function setup to add a new file input and caption input every time I click a button. This also works.

 

What is not working is my PHP is not uploading multiple files for some reason.

 

Could someone tell me what I have done wrong?

 

Thanks :)

 

HTML:

 

   


<form id="uploadMultiple" method="post" action="/scripts/php/imageUploadTest" enctype="multipart/form-data">
      <table class="fileUploadTable" id="uploadArea" cellspacing="0">
       <tr>
        <td>
         <label for="imageFile">Image:</label> 
         <input type="file" name="imageFile" accept=".jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif">
        </td>
        <td>
         <label for="imageCaption">Image Caption:</label>
         <input type="text" name="imageCaption">
        </td>
        <td width="150px">
          
        </td>
       </tr>
       <tr id="uploadSubmission">
        <td>
         <input type="submit" value="Upload More" id="uploadMore">
        </td>
        <td>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="addImage">
        </td>
        <td width="150px">
          
        </td>
       </tr>
      </table>
     </form>

JQuery for adding new elements:

 

    


$(function() {
            var scntDiv = $('#uploadArea');
            var i = $('#p_scents tr td').size() + 1;
            
            $('#uploadMore').live('click', function() {
                    $('<tr><td><label for="imageFile">Image:</label> <input type="file" name="imageFile" accept=".jpg,.jpeg,.png,.gif"></td><td><label for="imageCaption">Image Caption:</label> <input type="text" name="imageCaption"></td><td><a href="#" class="removeUpload" width="150px" style="text-align: center">Remove</a></td></tr>').insertBefore( $('#uploadSubmission') );
                    i++;
                    return false;
            });
            
            $('.removeUpload').live('click', function() { 
                    if( i > 1 ) {
                            $(this).parents('tr').remove();
                            i--;
                    }
                    return false;
            });
    });

 

And finally the PHP:

 

   


require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/settings/globalVariables.php');
    require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/settings/mysqli_connect.php');
    
    
    $db_name = 'imageUploads';
    $tbl_name = 'gallery';
    if(!$conn)
    {
      die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error());
    }
    mysqli_select_db($conn, "$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
    
    foreach($_FILES['imageFile'] as $file){ 
    $caption = $_POST['imageCaption'];
    $uploadDir = 'http://www.example.com/images/'.'gallery/'; 
    $fileName = $_FILES['imageFile']['name'];
    $filePath = $uploadDir . $fileName;
    
    if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES["imageFile"]["tmp_name"],$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/images/gallery/".$_FILES["imageFile"]["name"]))
    {
    $query_image = "INSERT INTO $tbl_name(filename,path,caption) VALUES ('$fileName','$uploadDir','$caption')";
    if(mysqli_query($conn, $query_image))
    {
    echo "Stored in: " . "gallery/" . $_FILES["imageFile"]["name"];
    }
    else
    {
    echo 'File name not stored in database';
    }
    }
    }

 

I was hoping I had it working properly for multiple images with my `foreach` loop but it only uploads one image even if I have 4 selected.

 

EDIT:

 

I've tried modifying my code to this and it's not working either but looking at tutorials this seems to be more on the right track than my previous code:

 

    r


equire($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/settings/globalVariables.php');
    require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/settings/mysqli_connect.php');
    
    
    $db_name = 'imageUploads';
    $tbl_name = 'gallery';
    if(!$conn)
    {
      die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error());
    }
    mysqli_select_db($conn, "$db_name")or die("cannot select DB");
    
    foreach($_FILES['imageFile'] as $key => $name){ 
    $caption = $_POST['imageCaption'];
    $uploadDir = 'http://www.example.com/images/'.'gallery/'; 
    $fileName = $key.$_FILES['imageFile']['name'][$key];
    $file_size = $_FILES['files']['size'][$key];
    $file_tmp = $_FILES['files']['tmp_name'][$key];
    $file_type= $_FILES['files']['type'][$key];
    $filePath = $uploadDir . $fileName;
    
    if(move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/images/gallery/".$fileName))
    {
    $query_image = "INSERT INTO $tbl_name(filename,path,caption) VALUES ('$fileName','$uploadDir','$caption')";
    if(mysqli_query($conn, $query_image))
    {
    echo "Stored in: " . "gallery/" . $_FILES["imageFile"]["name"];
    }
    else
    {
    echo 'File name not stored in database';
    }
    }
    }

 

I've also added `[]` in the names of the HTML input elements that needed them.

Edited by JesseElser15
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To upload multiple files at once, the file input does need to be named with a [], like "imageFile[]". When you do that, $_FILES["imageFile"]["name", "size", etc] will be arrays. The caption input will need []s too, then the entry in $_POST will also be an array. Supposedly all the arrays will be of the same length, but you shouldn't assume that in your code.

 

Basically,

foreach ($_POST["imageCaption"] as $key => $caption) {
	$file = array(
		"name" => $_FILES["imageFile"]["name"][$key],
		"size" => $_FILES["imageFile"]["size"][$key],
		"tmp_name" => $_FILES["imageFile"]["tmp_name"][$key],
		"type" => $_FILES["imageFile"]["type"][$key]
	);

	// now you have $caption and $file to work with
}
Edited by requinix
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