Is there a max upload photos?

[D-flyer]

Hi there,

I got a simple upload photo thingie working. I have set it up, like

- 1 user set the amount of photos he wants to upload
- 2 with

$num = $_REQUEST['numOfPhotos'];
for($counter=0;$counter<$num;$counter++) {?>
<input name="file[]" type="file" maxlength="255">
	 <?php }?>

I show the appriopiate amount of input fields
-3 than I call a upload script

$uploaded_file = $HTTP_POST_FILES['file'];
$numFiles = count($HTTP_POST_FILES['file']);
echo $numFiles;//test purpose
while( $counter <= $numFiles )
{
if($uploaded_file['size'][$counter] > 0)
{
if(!array_key_exists($uploaded_file['type'][$counter], $known_photo_types))
 
here all the check, insert upload ......
 
}
$counter++;
}

this all works for a maximum of 6 photos, if I want to upload say 9 the last 3 aren't being uploaded.

Any idea how come?
grtz

[Toly]

Do you use any sort of error cheking within your upload script? It might allow you to identify the problem.

For instance...

if (move_uploaded_file($uploaded_file['tmp_name'][$counter], $newfile)) {
                
     echo 'File '.$counter.': Uploaded<br>';

} else {
                
     echo 'File '.$counter.': Could not upload - Error '.$uploaded_file['error'][$counter].'<br>';

} 

[-Oz-]

Is it timing out?

[D-flyer]

hi,

yep I got some checks

  if($uploaded_file['size'][$counter] > 0)
  {
   if(!array_key_exists($uploaded_file['type'][$counter], $known_photo_types))
   {
	$result_final .= "File ".($counter+1)." is not a photo<br />";
   }
   else
   {

time-out, hmm sounds promising but I have tested this scenario as well

5 photos (130kb each) <- all goes well
8 photos (50kb each) <- just 6 photos being uploaded.

How could I display a time-out error?

[KDesigns]

It's possible that the server is timing out. I just recently wrote a photo gallery script for a client with the same type of thing (they choose how many photos they want to upload). 5-6 upload without a problem, but when you go any higher it seems to timeout. My solution was to simply make a dropdown selector that limited them to only choosing a maximum of 6 images at a time.

This is also very easy to explain when you put it into the perspective of their best interest. Who wants to deal with the frustration of knowing which pictures uploaded and which didn't? By playing it safe and doing a maximum of 6 at a time, you make the uploads faster and also more efficient. (This is of course how I put it into the perspective of their best interest)