I can't seem to figure out how to make this multiple image path upload working. I have been trying to fix it for 2 days but no luck.
Problem: when form is submitted it uploads selected numbers of images to 'upload' folder but only inserts path for one image in db table.
// Form Validation Goes Here
} else {
// Image upload starts here
$number_of_files = count($_FILES['uploadedimages']['tmp_name']);
$files = $_FILES['uploadedimages'];
for($i=0;$i<$number_of_files;$i++) {
if($_FILES['uploadedimages']['error'][$i] != 0) {
$this->form_validation->set_message('fileupload_check', 'At least 1 image needed.');
return FALSE;
}
}
$this->load->library('upload');
$config['upload_path'] = FCPATH . 'uploads/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = '0';
$config['overwrite'] = FALSE;
for ($i = 0; $i < $number_of_files; $i++) {
$_FILES['uploadedimage']['name'] = $files['name'][$i];
$_FILES['uploadedimage']['type'] = $files['type'][$i];
$_FILES['uploadedimage']['tmp_name'] = $files['tmp_name'][$i];
$_FILES['uploadedimage']['error'] = $files['error'][$i];
$_FILES['uploadedimage']['size'] = $files['size'][$i];
$this->upload->initialize($config);
if ($this->upload->do_upload('uploadedimage')) {
$data['uploadedimage'] = $this->upload->data();
$image_name = $data['uploadedimage']['file_name'];
$data['uploadedimage'] = $image_name;
} else {
$this->form_validation->set_message('upload_error', $this->upload->display_errors());
return FALSE;
}
}
$this->load->model('admin/model_users');
if($query = $this->model_users->insert_property_details($data)) {
redirect('dashboard/property-successfully-posted');
}
Model is:
$insert_images = array(
'property_images' => $data['uploadedimage'],
'property_ref_id' => $id,
);
$this->db->insert('vbc_property_images', $insert_images);
And field name in view file is 'uploadedimage'.
<input type="file" name="uploadedimages[]" accept="image/*" multiple />