how to count number of uploaded files in php - php

Question

How can i count the number of uploaded files?
This is my form:
<div id="dragAndDropFiles" class="uploadArea">
<h1>Drop Images Here</h1>
</div>
<form id="sfmFiler" class="sfmform" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" multiple />
<input type="submit" name="submitHandler" id="submitHandler" class="buttonUpload" value="Upload">
</form>
and this is the piece of php which uploads the files:
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
$tmpFilePath = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
$newFilePath = $dir.'/' . $_FILES['file']['name'];
if(move_uploaded_file($tmpFilePath, $newFilePath)) {
echo "xxx files are successfully uploaded";
}
}

Answer 1

In this code you are getting only one file thats why you are getting count result 1. if change your input file name like "file[]"
<input type="file" name="file[]" id="file" multiple />
and then use the below line code you will get your desire result. Cause its needs an array filed to hold the input data.
<?php echo count($_FILES['file']['name']); ?>
Thanks, i tried in my system get the result.

Answer 2

AFriend is correct. The above answers always return 1.
Try:
echo count(array_filter($_FILES['file']['name']))
Worked for me anyway.
_t

Answer 3

Using the array_filter function it works
try
$countfiles = count(array_filter($_FILES['file']['name']));
It returns 0 in case of NULL, 1 in case of 1 file uploaded, etc.

Answer 4

Check this answer
<?php echo count($_FILES['file']['name']); ?>
php multiple file uploads get the exact count of files a user uploaded and not the count of all input fields in the array

Answer 5

You could use the count function:
$no_files = count($_FILES);

Answer 6

If no files are selected and your file count is 1, you can use this line before moving the file:
if (!empty($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'][0])) {
for($i=0;$i<$countfiles;$i++){