Hi Tim, thank you so much for getting back to me.
I've reviewed a few multiple file upload tutorials/guidelines, and have had
the best luck with the one I have posted below - I made adjustments as
needed.
The create meeting form works great - and the processing form (see below)
inputs all data as defined in the meetings table. It also recognizes the
$mtgid because it is printed out as part of the confirmation to the user.
It looks to see if someone checked the upload docs checkbox, so there will
be a heading with instructions to upload.
It is set up to get the number of uploads from a textbox on the file
submission form, then it creates all the input features for the number of
docs the user wants to upload. - becomes $num_files, but have hard coded it
for testing the file upload on the snippet. I get my confirmation printout,
but it never does insert the data into the database, nor does it pick up the
value of '$mtgid = mysql_insert_id()' which was created from submitting the
original form for listing a meeting in a meetings table. Have tried several
things to pass the value but haven't come up with the right one yet - it
would be the same for each upload as each doc will apply to the same
meeting.
I've been working on this particular document for 2 whole days - I think my
brain and my eyes just aren't in sync anymore.
Can you give this a look and see if anything jumps out as being so wrong
that the processing just won't work?
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<?php
//set variables for meeting input:
$date = $_POST['mtgdate'];
$team = $_POST['team'];
$project = $_POST['project'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
if (isset($_POST['numfiles'])){
$num_files = $_POST['numfiles'];
} else {
$num_files = 1;
}
//check that form has been submitted
if (isset($_POST['addmeeting'])) { //begin check for submission
//insert data into meetings table
mysql_select_db($database_website, $website);
$doc_insert = "INSERT INTO meetings VALUES ('', '$date', '$team',
'$subject', '$project')";
//Confirm if data inserted
$success = mysql_query($doc_insert); //create variable to hold insert
values
$mtgid = mysql_insert_id(); //create variable for last inserted id
//check if meeting input is successful
if ($success) {
echo "Your ". $date . " meeting has been added to the database. <br />Your
meeting number is " .$mtgid .",
<br />keep this number handy for future reference. <br /><a
href='new.php'>Add another meeting.</a>";
} else {
echo "There was an error adding your meeting to the database, please try
again.";
}//end check if meeting successful -
if (isset($_POST['upload'])){ //check if file upload request
echo "Please use the form below to upload your meeting documents.<br />";
} //end check for upload request
}//end check if meeting added
---NOTE: works great up to here----
//upload directory.
$upload_dir = "docs/";
//number of files to upload.
$num_files = 2;
//check if the directory exists or not.
if (!is_dir("$upload_dir")) {
die ("Error: The directory <b>($upload_dir)</bdoesn't exist");
}
//check if the directory is writable.
if (!is_writeable("$upload_dir")){
die ("Error: The directory <b>($upload_dir)</bis NOT writable,
Please CHMOD (777)");
}
//if the form has been submitted, then do the upload process
if (isset($_POST['upload_form'])){
echo "<h3>Upload results:</h3>";
//do a loop for uploading files based on ($num_files) number of
files.
for ($i = 1; $i <= $num_files; $i++) {
//define variables to hold the values.
$new_file = $_FILES['file'.$i];
$file_name = $new_file['name'];
//to remove spaces from file name we have to replace it with "_".
$file_name = str_replace(' ', '_', $file_name);
$file_tmp = $new_file['tmp_name'];
$file_size = $new_file['size'];
$title = $_POST['title'.$i];
$desc = $_POST['description'.$i];
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
# this code will check if the files was selected or not. #
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
if (!is_uploaded_file($file_tmp)) {
//print error message and file number.
echo "File $i: Not selected.<br>";
}else{
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
# this code check if file is Already EXISTS.
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
if(file_exists($upload_dir.$file_name)){
echo "File $i: ($file_name) already
exists.<br>";
}else{
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
# this function will upload the files.
:) ;) cool #
#-----------------------------------------------------------#
if
(move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,$upload_dir.$file_na me)) {
echo "File $i: ($file_name)
Uploaded.<br>";
echo "File $i: ($title)<br>";
echo "File $i: ($desc)<br>";
//enter file data into database
mysql_select_db($database_website, $website);
$doc_insert = "INSERT INTO meeting_docs
VALUES ('', '$file_name', '$title', '$desc', '$mtgid')";
$success = mysql_query($doc_insert);
//create variable to hold insert values
}else{
echo "File $i: Failed to
upload.<br>";
}#end of (move_uploaded_file).
}#end of (file_exists).
}#end of (!is_uploaded_file).
}#end of (for loop).
# print back button.
echo "»<a href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\">add more documents</a>";
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//else if the form isn't submitted then show it.
}else{ ?>
<h3>Select files to upload!</h3>
Max file size = <?php $size_bytes / 1024 ?KB
<form method="post" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<?php // show the file input field based on($num_files).
for ($i = 1; $i <= $num_files; $i++) { ?>
File <?php echo $i ?>: <input type="file" name="file<?php
echo $i ?>"/><br />
<strong>Document Title:</strong>(Required - Max 50 characters):
<input type="text" size="30" maxlength="50" name="title<?php echo $i
?>"/><br />
<strong>Description:</strong>(Required - Max 150 characters):
<textarea cols="20\" rows="2" name="description<?php echo $i
?>"/></textarea><br />
<?php } ?>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo $size_bytes
?>">
<input type="submit" name="upload_form" value="Upload Now!">
</form>
<? } //end check for upload submitted and form
//print copyright ;-)
echo"<p align=\"right\"><br>Script by: <a
href=\"http://www.maaking.com\">maaking.com</a></p>";
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"Tim Hunt" <ti********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11**********************@p79g2000cwp.googlegr oups.com...
>Sorry you didn't get a reply, it didn't sound stupid, maybe its just
that questions with an error message and a some code to debug are
quicker and easier to answer than brainstorming
Anyway I've got a coffee and some time free.
> I'm on a tight deadline to complete this
project, so to save time re-writing code, I would just like some advice
on
the direction I should go with this - am I on the right track?
Yes I think you are.
>Is there
already a concept out there so I don't have to re-invent the wheel?
Your plan to have seperate pages for adding meetings/uploading docs is
good and I'd do it that way too.
This way, like you said, the document upload page can be used when a
new meeting is added and also later when meetings have been added
already.
So.. have one document upload page and have two pages which will direct
the user (and submit a meeting id) to the documents upload page.
One way is when a new meeting is added - pass the insert_id to the
document upload page with something like '<a
href="/doc_upload?meet_id=' .mysql_insert_id() . '>'
The other way is after a meeting has already been added - have a
seperate 'choose meeting' page with just a select box of recently added
meetings which submits a meeting id to the document upload page. If the
<form method="get" action="doc_upload"and the select name is
'meet_id' then one document upload page can be used for both ways.
Another possibility is to have it all on one page, but I can see that
this
could get messy.
Yup, makes an editor with syntax highlighting look like a plate by
damien hirst
3. should this page have several upload file inputs? If so, how many
is reasonable?
Not sure, now ask how long some string is! (Just kidding) I guess a few
isn't enough but dozens is too many.
Page 3: Upload confirmation with a link ("add another doc for this
meeting") that reloads the page as a sticky form if not enough links
I've seen both and both work fine.
For example the file upload page in Hotmail has one file input with two
submit buttons, one button labelled 'Ok upload file', the other button
labelled 'Ok and upload another' ...In a cpanel clone I've seen the
multiple file inputs method with one button labelled 'Upload files'. Go
with whichever method you think is easiest or best.
Personally I found the multiple file input method marginally more
usable and its probably easier for you because you could cut n paste
the code from example 38-3 on
http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.php
Cheers
Tim Hunt
