CodeIgniter - upload multiple text entries and files from single form - codeigniter

Question

I have a single form on a page. It has 5 text fields and 3 upload file fields. I need to write the text and file paths to a database. I have seen many examples online but most are to upload a single file or to upload multiple files from the same upload field.
I am new to CodeIgniter so code snippets would be very helpful.
Many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Another suggestion would be:
function upload()
{
$config['upload_path'] = $path; //$path=any path you want to save the file to...
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png|jpeg'; //this is the file types allowed
$config['max_size'] = '1024'; //max file size
$config['max_width'] = '1024';//if file type is image
$config['max_height'] = '768';//if file type is image
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
foreach($_FILES as $Key => $File)
{
if($File['size'] > 0)
{
if($this->upload->do_upload($Key))
{
$data = $this->upload->data();
echo $data['file_name'];
}
else
{
// throw error
echo $this->upload->display_errors();
}
}
}
}
This will automatically work for ALL file inputs you post and it doesn't care about the name or quantity :)

Answer 2

HOpe this helps
$config['upload_path'] = $path; //$path=any path you want to save the file to...
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png|jpeg'; //this is the file types allowed
$config['max_size'] = '1024'; //max file size
$config['max_width'] = '1024';//if file type is image
$config['max_height'] = '768';//if file type is image
//etc config for file properties, you can check all of them out on website
now suppose you have 3 files, which you want to save as 1.jpg, 2.jpg,3.gif, which are uploaded through 3 input fields, pic1, pic2, pic3 here is what you do
for($ite=1;$ite<=3;$ite++){
if(!empty($_FILES["pic".$ite]["name"])){ //if file is present
$ext = pathinfo($_FILES['pic'.$ite]['name'], PATHINFO_EXTENSION); //get extension of file
$config["file_name"]="$ite.$ext"; //rename file to 1.jpg,2.jpg or 3.jpg, depending on file number and its extension
$this->upload->initialize($config); //upload library of codeigniter initialize function with config properties set earlier
if(!$this->upload->do_upload("pic".$ite)){
//error code
}
}
}