Codeigniter 2.1 - image name is not working properly on upload - php

Question

I am using this function to upload images, and it is working except in one part. Where there are more then one image for upload, all images get their name from the first image (overwrite is set to off, so CI is adding number at the end of the name). How can I solve this problem?
function img_upload($folder) {
$this->path = './public/img/' . $folder;
$imgs = array();
$count = 0;
foreach($_FILES as $key => $value):
$img_name = is_array($value['name']) ? $value['name'][$count] : $value['name'];
$img_name = $this->char_replace($img_name, '_');
$count++;
$config = array(
'allowed_types' => 'jpg|jpeg|png|gif',
'upload_path' => $this->path,
'file_name' => $img_name
);
$this->CI->load->library('image_lib');
$this->CI->image_lib->clear();
$this->CI->load->library('upload', $config);
if($key != 'logo'):
if (!$this->CI->upload->do_upload($key)) {
} else {
$image = $this->CI->upload->data();
$imgs[] = $image['file_name'];
}
endif;
endforeach;
if(empty($imgs)):
return FALSE;
else:
return implode(',', $imgs);
endif;
}
Function char_replace is working without a problem.
function char_replace($text, $rep_simbol = " ")
{
$char = array('!', '&', '?', '/', '/\/', ':', ';', '#', '<', '>', '=', '^', '#', '~', '`', '[', ']', '{', '}');
return $name = str_replace($char, $rep_simbol, $text);
}

Answer 1

$this->CI->upload->do_upload($key) expects $_FILES['key'] to only contain one file.
What you can do is, make a copy of $_FILES, loop through it, and for each file set the values of $_FILES['key'].
function img_upload($folder) {
$this->path = './public/img/' . $folder;
$imgs = array();
// Copy of $_FILES
$thisFiles = $_FILES;
// Loop through copy of $_FILES
foreach($theFiles as $key => &$value){
// Create the $_FILES array for each individual file,
// so that do_upload can read it correctly
if(!is_array($value['name'])){
// If it's not an array, make it one,
// this will make our future code easier
foreach($value as $kv => &$val){
$val = array($val);
}
}
// Loop through each file and upload each one
foreach($value['name'] as $count=>$img_name){
$img_name = $this->char_replace($img_name, '_');
foreach($_FILES[$key] as $k => &$v){
// CodeIgniter will think this is the $_FILES array
$v = $theFiles[$key][$k][$count];
}
$config = array(
'allowed_types' => 'jpg|jpeg|png|gif',
'upload_path' => $this->path,
'file_name' => $img_name
);
$this->CI->load->library('image_lib');
$this->CI->image_lib->clear();
$this->CI->load->library('upload', $config);
if($key != 'logo'){
if (!$this->CI->upload->do_upload($key)) {
}
else {
$image = $this->CI->upload->data();
$imgs[] = $image['file_name'];
}
}
}
}
return !empty($imgs) ? implode(',', $imgs) : FALSE;
}
NOTE: This is untested.