upload - How can I know a number of uploaded files with PHP?

Question

I have a form with several

input type="file"

tags. How can I know on the server side amount of files uploaded by the user. He can upload 3 files, or may be 5 files, 1 or even nothing. I need to know how much files user have uploaded.

Answer 1

You can use the count or sizeof on $_FILES array that contains uploaded file info:

 echo count($_FILES);

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Update (Based on comments):

You can do this:

$counter = 0;
foreach($_FILES as $value){
  if (strlen($value['name'])){
    $counter++;
  }
}

echo $counter; // get files count