How to select multiple files for upload?

Question

How to select multiple files for upload :

Answer 1

This depends on the browser. Newer versions of firefox and chrome support this because they started to implement HTML5 specification. This is the syntax:

<input type="file" multiple=""/>

Firefox >= 3.6, Chrome >= 2, Safari >= 4 support multiple file input.

For older browsers the only good solutions are flash or javascript plugins. Here is a good resource for jquery uploaders ( some support multiple files ): http://creativefan.com/10-ajax-jquery-file-uploaders/

Answer 2

Flash is the only option except HTML5.

Answer 3

Use the file input form element more than once, give it a different name and you have multiple upload fields on one page. No need to learn anything else.