insert multiple images in database using codeigniter and filepond - php

Question

Following is my controller In this I am using two if statements one for multiple images and another is for the featured image.. my images are uploaded in a folder very well but multiple names are not inserted in the database...Only one file name is inserted in the database...
public function uploadApi()
{
if (isset($_FILES['userfile'])) {
$config['upload_path'] = 'uploads/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = 200000;
$config['max_width'] = 2024;
$config['max_height'] = 1768;
$this->upload->initialize($config);
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->do_upload('userfile');
$data = array( $this->upload->data());
$this->m->update_post($data[0]['file_name']);
}
if(isset($_FILES['userfile1'])) {
$config['upload_path'] = 'uploads/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = 200000;
$config['max_width'] = 2024;
$config['max_height'] = 1768;
$this->upload->initialize($config);
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->do_upload('userfile1');
$data = array( $this->upload->data());
$this->m->update_feature($data[0]['file_name']);
}
}
This is a model ..
#-Update images Post-#
public function update_post($picture) {
$post = array(
'post_images'=>$picture,
);
$this->db
->where('post_status','draft')
->update('post',$post);
return true;
}
public function update_feature($picture) {
$post = array(
'post_featured_image'=>$picture,
);
$this->db
// ->set('post_created', 'NOW()', FALSE)
->where('post_status','draft')
->update('post',$post);
return true;
}
filepond plugin script
FilePond.registerPlugin(
FilePondPluginFileValidateSize,
FilePondPluginImageExifOrientation,
FilePondPluginImageCrop,
FilePondPluginImageResize,
FilePondPluginImagePreview,
FilePondPluginImageTransform
);
// Set default FilePond options
FilePond.setOptions({
// maximum allowed file size
maxFileSize: '50MB',
imagePreviewHeight: 100,
imagePreviewWidth: 200,
instantUpload: true,
// crop the image to a 1:1 ratio
imageCropAspectRatio: '1:1',
// upload to this server end point
server: {
url: '<?php echo base_url() ?>Admin/uploadApi',
}
});
var pond = FilePond.create(document.querySelector('input[name="userfile"]'));
var pond = FilePond.create(document.querySelector('input[name="userfile1"]'));
**This is a view ..**
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="toggle-disabled" action="<?php echo base_url() ?>Admin/update_post1" id='ritesh'>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Upload images</label>
<input type="file"
class="filepond"
name="userfile"
multiple
data-max-file-size="5MB"
data-max-files="50" data-validation="required extension" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Feature image</label>
<input type="file"
class="filepond"
name="userfile1"
data-max-file-size="5MB"
data-validation="required extension"
/>
</div>
</form>

Answer 1

For multiple image upload you should post images array like; imagename[]. Your current approach is not good.
You must try already posted answers:
Multiple image upload with CodeIgniter
Multiple image upload with Codeigniter saving only one file path to MySQL Database
https://www.codexworld.com/codeigniter-upload-multiple-files-images/

Answer 2

Please try to this in controller
function uploadApi() {
$image = $_FILES;
foreach ($image as $key => $img) {
if (!is_dir('./Uploads/')) {
mkdir('./Uploads/', 0777, TRUE);
}
if (!empty($img['name'])) {
$config['upload_path'] = './Uploads/Products/';
$config['allowed_types'] = '*';
$config['max_size'] = '100';
$config['max_width'] = '1024';
$config['max_height'] = '768';
$config['overwrite'] = TRUE;
$config['file_name'] = date('U') . '_' . $img['name'];
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->initialize($config);
if (!$this->upload->do_upload($key)) {
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
print_r($error);
die;
} else {
if ($this->upload->do_upload($key)) {
$image_data = $this->upload->data();
$update["userfile"] = $config['file_name'];
$res = $this->m->update_post($update);
}
}
}
}
$this->load->view('imgtest');
}