Laravel not detecting multiple file uploads

Question

I'm trying to upload multiple images in one request with Laravel. However, it only seems to be seeing one file regardless of the fact that my file input has multiple files attached.

Markup:

<input class="file-input" type="file" name="fileUpload" multiple>

Controller:

$this->validate($request, [
'fileUpload' => 'image|nullable',

 ...

foreach ($request->file('fileUpload') as $image) {
    dd('stop');
}
dd('fail');

In this case, it always returns "fail". However, if I try to just $request->file('fileUpload') it will return to me a single file, like so:

Off the top of my mind, for PHP to handle "array" of anything in POST requests, it has to have [] at the end of the name. Could you maybe try naming your field fileUpload[]? (inexact) source: php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php and also this one: php.net/manual/en/features.file-upload.multiple.php#114235 — Christian
– Christian, Commented Feb 8, 2023 at 21:06

Martin Bean · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-08 21:21:20Z

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Like multiple selects, if you want to send multiple values then you need to use the array syntax in your input’s name attribute. So it should be fileUpload[] instead of just fileUpload

answered Feb 8, 2023 at 21:21

Martin Bean

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Jeybin George · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-09 05:53:06Z

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Change the name of the input fileUpload to fileUpload[] :

<input class="file-input" type="file" name="fileUpload[]" multiple />

Also in the controller for validating multiple fields, change 'fileUpload' to 'fileUpload.*' :

$this->validate($request, [
                           'fileUpload.*' => 'image|nullable',

answered Feb 9, 2023 at 5:53

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