Re: file uploads Q?

Børge Holen wrote: > On Monday 11 December 2006 20:48, Jochem Maas wrote: >> Richard Lynch wrote: >>> On Sat, December 9, 2006 12:18 pm, William Stokes wrote: >>>> Is it possible to allow user pick several images and upload them all >>>> at >>>> once? (I need to pass the images to a function for the resize). Or do >>>> I need >>>> to give several browse buttons to allow multiple file uploads? >>> Yes, you would need to have several INPUT TYPE="FILE" browse buttons. >>> >>>> Also I have seen a application (written with MS tools) that allows >>>> user to >>>> upload a zip file containing images and the zip is automatically >>>> uncompressed to a server disk. Can this be done with PHP also? >>> Yes. >>> http://php.net/zip >> the zip extension is only available in php5.2 (or installable via >> pecl). >> >> another option would to use the exec() function to make a call to >> gunzip in order to unpack the contents of the zip file. >> >> a truely poorman's alternative would be to offer multiple FILE input >> fields on the relevant page and check which one's are not empty when >> the submission occurs. > > there is no reason for checking each input. is that crack your smoking? > Take a look at my earlier questions with the subject "A general UL script" and > the replies with various ppl here 'bout the use of $_FILES. > This way it will check anything listed in the file(s) input of form(s). er, whatever. whose next?