Uploading multiples files in CodeIgniter using plain PHP - php

Question

I am new to CodeIgniter. I've tried uploading my files using as follows:
(createAlbum.php)
<form method="post" action="createAlbum_db.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Album Name: </td><td><input type="text" name="album_name"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Photos for album: </td><td><input type = "file" name="photos[]" multiple="true"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Create Album"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
(createAlbum_db.php)
for ($i=0; $i < count($_FILES['photos']['name']);$i++) {
if (move_uploaded_file(base_url().'assets/images/'.$_FILES['photos']['name'][$i],$_FILES['photos']['tmp_name'][$i])) {
echo '<br>success';
} else {
echo '<br>Failure';
echo $_FILES['photos']['error'][$i];
}
}
My assets directory lies in the same directory where application and system files reside.
What I am not being able to figure out is what should I keep in
move_uploaded_file(**DESTINATION????**,$_FILE['photos']['tmp_name']);
I have gone through most of the post and I found CodeIgniter's native uploader class difficult to use.

Answer 1

Codi. provides upload function for that
<?php
$config['upload_path'] = // Here Goes Path;
$config['allowed_types'] = // Here Goes allowed file types;
$config['max_size'] = // you can validate max. size;
$config['max_width'] = '';
$config['max_height'] = '';
$config['overwrite'] = TRUE;
$config['remove_spaces'] = TRUE;
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
if (!$this->upload->do_upload())
{
echo $this->upload->display_errors();
}
else
{
$img = $this->upload->data();
$img_name = $img['file_name'];
}
?>
Just Like this, you can upload single file....

Answer 2

Since you need path on server use realpath('assets/images/') instead of base_url().