First of all this might be a silly question as there are many topics available on this but seriously I am not being able to get it straight and understand how to make it work.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO
I am trying to upload multiple files using AJAX and PHP.
PROBLEM
- I cant figure out how to pass the data to the PHP script using AJAX. I don't want to use a form and a submit button for uploading.
- Tried using a form and submitting it using jQuery still couldn't make it.
HTML
<div id="content">
<div id="heading">Upload your files seamlessly</div>
<a href="#"><div id="upload" class="button" title="Upload your files"><i class="fa fa-cloud-upload fa-align-center" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div></a>
<a href="view.php"><div id="view" class="button" title="View all files on my cloud"><i class="fa fa-eye fa-align-center" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div></a>
</div>
<form id="fileupload" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" multiple name="uploadfile[]" id="uploadfile" />
</form>
JS
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#upload').click(function(){
$('input[type=file]').click();
return false;
});
$("#uploadfile").change(function(){
//submit the form here
$('#fileupload').submit();
});
});
</script>
PHP
<?php
if(isset($_FILES['uploadfile'])){
$errors= array();
foreach($_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name'] as $key => $tmp_name ){
$file_name = $key.$_FILES['uploadfile']['name'][$key];
$file_size =$_FILES['uploadfile']['size'][$key];
$file_tmp =$_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name'][$key];
$file_type=$_FILES['uploadfile']['type'][$key];
if($file_size > 2097152){
$errors[]='File size must be less than 2 MB';
}
//$query="INSERT into upload_data (`USER_ID`,`FILE_NAME`,`FILE_SIZE`,`FILE_TYPE`) VALUES('$user_id','$file_name','$file_size','$file_type'); ";
$desired_dir="storage";
if(empty($errors)==true){
if(is_dir($desired_dir)==false){
mkdir("$desired_dir", 0700); // Create directory if it does not exist
}
if(is_dir("$desired_dir/".$file_name)==false){
move_uploaded_file($file_tmp,"$desired_dir/".$file_name);
}
else{ // rename the file if another one exist
$new_dir="$desired_dir/".$file_name.time();
rename($file_tmp,$new_dir) ;
}
//mysql_query($query);
}
else{
print_r($errors);
}
}
if(empty($error)){
echo "Success";
}
}
?>
Any help would be appreciated.