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Hello everyone,
To make it simpler i want something similar to this:
http://www.sibsoft.net/upload_form_...
BUT, i need to be able to select multiple files to upload in only one step, i don't want to individually select each file before hitting the upload key. The main reason for this, i want my users to be able to send hundreds of files from a single directory at once.
Is it possible ?
Thanks

Using a web browser, upload the files selected by ctrl-click or shift-click?
I dont think you can do that.
You can create script to handle uploaded ZIP file (ie: extracting it). So you need to tell the users to ZIP their hundreds of files first...
Or easier, tell them to use an FTP client :D
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Fubar

Hmmm, i should have mentioned that everything should be very easy, because my users are not very, well, you know, technically advanced. So Compressing files in advance is out of the question and using ftp as well.

You cannot accomplish that through normal HTML controls. You will need to use an ActiveX or some other type of component. Of course, the users will have to accept the control to be downloaded and installed, something not all users would be willing to do - and rightly so.
Here is one such component that will work how you describe. However it is not cheap.
http://www.uploadfriendly.com/
Michael J

Thank you Michael.
That's the best i seen so far.
99$ is not cheap but realistic.
I will do some further research about implementing something myself using activex
Zenno.

Yes correct. You would need either a java applet or a activex application or a flash multiple uploader to do this job for you.
Chris, Director, Chrisranjana.com
http://www.chrisranjana.com

I didn't realize that either. here is a free flash tool to do it: http://www.element-it.com/MultiPowU...
It is free only if you include a link back to the provider. The "ad free" version is $199 for a single server license.
IMHO, this may be a better route than ActiveX as most people will already have Flash installed.
Michael J

I have only ever used php to upload one file at a time, but just out of curiosity, is there some reason that you can't upload multiple files at once on one html form and in the script, separate the files using the POST variable names?
Developers have a sense of humour, it's just commented out.

@Taurus, the OP stated " i need to be able to select multiple files to upload in only one step".
You can of course have mutiple file upload fields on a form and even dynamically add additionall fields as needed through javascript. But, there is no control within standard HTML to select multiple files at once.
Michael J

Michael, that's much more than i could hope for.
What a great application..and free.....
Thank you so much !!! I'm very grateful !
Zenno.
p.s. Thank you everyone for your inputs.

Oh yeah. sorry, didn't read it right. :-S
Developers have a sense of humour, it's just commented out.

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