Multiple file upload

Hi all.
I am a PHP newbie and require some help from you. Actually I am developing a website for file sharing. I have a limited period of access to the internet during the day so I can not upload the files one-by-one.

Is there a way that I can simultaneously upload multiple files to my site that can create multiple posts.

e.g. I have to upload 25 e-books and add the description of the book (author, publisher, year of publication etc.). One way to do is fill a form and upload the file one-by-one. But due to the limited time I can spend online, is there a way to do most of this stuff offline and have to do the minimum things when I am online.

 

Yep, PHP supports multiple file uploads in one post. Simply add more file inputs to your form, give them different names, and have the PHP script handle them in the same way it handles your single existing uploaded file.

 

Something like this works.

for($num = 1; $num <= 25; $num++)
{
  echo "<input type='file' name='file'".$num."'>";
}

PHP:

for($num = 1; $num <= 25; $num++)
{
  $name = $_FILES['file'.$num]['name'];
}

PHP:

 

Thanks norfstar and exodus....but how can i add them to different categories...e.g., one book needs to go in the section Programming>PHP, other book to Database>MySQL, the third book to Biology>Medicine>Critical Care, the fourth book to Physics>Astronomy>Relativity Theory....and so on.....Is it possible to add them to different categories right from a single page (much like...say I have to make different posts in DP in different categories simultaneously).