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POProblems with CodeIgniter file uploads and multi-dimensional arrays
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copied!<p>I'm trying to create a form that contains these multidimensional arrays:</p> <pre><code><input type="text" name="cost[1][desc]"> <input type="text" name="cost[1][price]"> <input type="file" name="cost[1][file]"> <input type="text" name="cost[2][desc]"> <input type="text" name="cost[2][price]"> <input type="file" name="cost[2][file]"> </code></pre> <p>Each 'cost' array has these three inputs: description, price and a file upload. There may be multiple 'cost' arrays (which is why I made the second parameter a number). In my CodeIgniter model I have this:</p> <pre><code>foreach($_POST as $post => $array){ if($post=='cost') { foreach($array as $number){ foreach($number as $label => $value){ if($label=='file'){ $config['upload_path'] = './uploads/receipts'; $config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png|doc|docx|pdf'; $config['max_size'] = '4096'; if(!empty($value['name'])){ $this->upload->initialize($config); if($this->upload->do_upload($label)){ $file = $this->upload->data(); $path = $file['file_name']; } } } $cost_array = array('desc'=>$number['desc'],'price'=>$number['price'],'file'=>$path); $price = number_format($number['price'],2); } $main_array[] = $cost_array; $main_price[] = $price; } } } $data['cost_info'] = serialize($cost_array); $data['extra_cost'] = array_sum($price); $this->db->insert('reports',$data); </code></pre> <p>The values for 'desc' and 'price' enter the array (and get serialized) no problem at all - but for some reason I can't receive any file information. I removed a lot of the if statements to see if that was the issue, but it's not. If I changed the file input HTML tag so that its name was 'cost_1_file', and if I changed the PHP model to:</p> <pre><code>if($this->input->post('cost_1_file')==''){ echo 'Nope'; } </code></pre> <p>it echoes out the statement - meaning that it's not receiving any file upload data at all. I've made sure my form is a <code>form_open_multipart</code>. Does anybody know where I'm going wrong?</p>

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