As far as I'm aware, plain html or javascript won't allow me to upload multiple files (images) in one field (correct me if I'm wrong).
Is this possible in html5 or any other way except flash?
I'd like to give my users the ability to select up to 5 images at once and upload them all.
Use the multiple attribute.
<input type="file" name="myFiles" multiple>
This works for me:
<input size="40" type="file" name="_attachments[]" multiple="multiple"/>
Related
I've created a functionality for user(s) to be able to upload multiple images to a website with different html input tags like so:
<input type="file" name="photos[]" required>
<input type="file" name="photos[]">
<input type="file" name="photos[]">
<input type="file" name="photos[]">
<input type="file" name="photos[]">
The idea is to allow only a maximum of 5 images to be uploaded. I know I can just do <input type="file" name="photos[]" multiple> but this doesn't allow them to choose files from different folders from their device, hence the reason why I have multiple <input type="file">.
I know this pattern works well with radios and checkboxes, but the issue I'm having now is to validate the field as one and not multiple inputs.
I know there are javascript/jquery libraries I can use to achieve this, but I really do not want to use any.
Is there a workaround towards achieving this?
I am witing a JSP to upload multiple files to server at one go. Many tutorials mention to use property "multiple" to achieve this.
e.g.
<input type="file" name="myFiles" multiple="multiple" />
However when I deploy web application and access this JSP; the window explorer popup (which appears on clicking on "browse" does not allow me to select more than one file.
Even by pressing control or by mouse dragging; multiple files can not be selected.
Are there any more steps/settings to achieve this ?
I think there's an option to set the name to name="myFiles[]", then you get it from an array;
myFiles[1], myFiles[2], myFiles[3], ect...
I do believe you can read arrays in JSP, never used the language myself though.
use 'multiple' as attribute, not like property, I guess?
<input type="file" name="myFiles" multiple>
I have a simple HTML form that I am building. I want to be able to added multiple files to submit with the form to upload. Everything I am reading online about HTML5 says that I am able to do this with the HTML5 Input Multiple tag. When I try this in any browser I get the standard Input with a type of file. When I inspect the DOM i see that it has only a single file in it's Files[0] attribute. Here is my form. Please let me know what I am doing wrong.
Here is my HTML for the the form for uploading files:
<form method="post" action=upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" id="basicUploadFile" multiple >
</form>
Also. I have tried this in Chrome, Firefox, IE 11. Even going to the W3school.com demo doesn't seem to work in any of them for multiple files.
files[0] will show you the first file selected. files gives you a collection of the selected files, files.length gives you the number of files selected. So once you select more than one file if you console.log(fileinput.files) you'll see multiple files logged.
<form method="post" action="upload.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" id="UploadedFiles" name="UploadedFiles[]" multiple>
<input type="submit" value="SendFile">
</form>
in upload.php analize structure of array $_FILES ;)
good like!
Is that a typo? There is a " missing before the upload.php
your form tag looks correct
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_select#Multiple_file_selection
[edit]
If you are referring to the W3schools site, this works for me on Chrome and IE
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_multiple.asp
TryIt site:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_input_multiple
Is there a way to show only .xxx files in the default file chooser dialog.
xxx may be not-known file types, such as abc, efg etc.
I'm using html5 so it may have new support for this type of things.
Thanks!
The HTML 5 accept attribute on file input elements is for this purpose. E.g.:
<input type="file" accept=".doc,.docx,.xml,application/msword,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document">
For others arriving here, these are some very handy predefined sets:
<input type="file" accept="image/*"/>
<input type="file" accept="video/*"/>
<input type="file" accept="audio/*"/>
Ok I really didn't know how else to sum it up for the title. I need to create a form where a user can specify an existing file, but I don't need to upload it (it's on a shared server already accessible) -- I just need to grab the filename and save it in the database so it's linked to other data.
I thought about the input tag as it provides a convenient already done interface to the user's filesystem, but I don't know if it's possible to use it without the acutal upload (leaving out enctype="multipart/form-data" doesn't seem to work). Can I tweak this to make it work, or is there any way to do it other than writing a custom mini file browser?
EDIT: I need the full path name of the file, asking the users to enter it is out of the question...
You could place the <input type="file"> outside your HTML form, and then use the onChange event to fill an <input type="hidden"> within the form that gets posted:
<input type="file"
onchange="document.getElementById('hidden_file').value = this.value;" />
<form method="POST">
<input type="hidden" id="hidden_file" value="" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>