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Allow admin to set number of upload fields.

15 votes

Submitted by monky91, 27th February 2007, 8:21:40 AM

Admin can set how much upload field allowed for certain user group. As default, there is still only one upload field, a link beside like [ Upload more files ] can increase the upload field to that max number allowed, via AJAX of course.

With this features, uploading 2 or more pictures will be faster.

6 Comments

  1. yes it would be and i like it you have my vote and like that when you say AJAX.

    crsoft, 27th February 2007, 10:54:51 AM

  2. Creating a large number of upload fields is a bad idea - why? Because servers have memory limits, POST limits, file upload size limits - all of which are taken in to account at the same time.

    For example, your PHP max POST request is set to 8mb, you upload 4 2mb images and you've blown that limit.

    The idea of accepting one file at a time ensures maximum availability of server resources that I mentioned above for that upload session.

    Chris Boulton, 28th February 2007, 11:42:43 AM

  3. Not really a large number, but maybe more than 1, upload file 1 by 1 is really uneffiecient

    monky91, 28th February 2007, 1:44:48 PM

  4. i think the upload function works fine as it is. i think maybe the user should be allowed to upload more than 5 items or could be determined from the administration. remember most servers are configed to only upload 2mb at a time so a large number of files being uploaded at once could cause a problem.

    something like a 'uploading file' or something next to the upload section would be nice and even nice a progress bar to show people hows it is doing as or large files and inexperienced users don't really know what is happening nor how long it would take.

    tyros8000, 1st March 2007, 3:32:05 PM

  5. I think this should be included!

    rcpalace, 1st March 2007, 4:48:14 PM

  6. If the php upload limit really mind you, why not set the upload file size limit to a smaller value, like 500K and allow upload 4 files at the same time?

    monky91, 3rd March 2007, 3:42:33 AM

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