2 years ago

This is a comprehensive PHP 8 Multiple Files and Images uploading tutorial, learn to store image files in the MySQL database along with some necessary file uploading validation. Be it Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr a user can’t live without uploading files nowadays. In this tutorial, we will learn how to upload single or multiple files or images in PHP 8 and how to save the images in MySQL database.

We define the multiple file uploading code in the file-upload.php file and alert the user about the file upload activity.

$fileName; $fileType = strtolower(pathinfo($targetFilePath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)); $uploadDate = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); $uploadOk = 1; if(in_array($fileType, $allowedFileType)){ if(move_uploaded_file($tempLocation, $targetFilePath)){ $sqlVal = "('".$fileName."', '".$uploadDate."')"; } else { $response = array("status" => "alert-danger", "message" => "File coud not be uploaded."); }} else { $response = array("status" => "alert-danger", "message" => "Only.jpg,.jpeg and.png file formats allowed."); } if(!empty($sqlVal)) { $insert = $conn->query("INSERT INTO user (images, date_time) VALUES $sqlVal"); if($insert) { $response = array("status" => "alert-success", "message" => "Files successfully uploaded."); } else { $response = array("status" => "alert-danger", "message" => "Files coudn't be uploaded due to database error."); }} }} else { $response = array("status" => "alert-danger", "message" => "Please select a file to upload."); }} ?>