Public ActionResult Upload(HttpPostedFileBase files)įoreach (HttpPostedFileBase file in files) Now its time to write code in asp.net mvc controller. Also I have used the file input control with HTML5 multiple attribute which allow us to upload multiple files on the server. I have mapped that form to upload action result. In above code that I have use to create a HTML form with multipart as this attribute is required to upload any kind of files on the server.

First things we needs to do create a HTML form for the uploading file in asp.net mvc view so following is a code for (Html.BeginForm('Upload', 'Home', FormMethod.Post, new )) So in this post I will explain how we can do multiple file upload with HTML5.įor this post I am going to use asp.net mvc 3 with HTML5 template and visual studio 2012 but you can use same techniques in any version of asp.net mvc. On that post one of my reader Ciwan Kurd has requested the asp.net mvc version of that post. It was greatly appreciated by the community and also been part of community daily spot light. The web server would have a configuration setting that (1) allows/disallows file uploads (2) sets a limit on the size of the file upload.Multiple file upload with asp.net mvc and HTML5įew days I have written a blog post about Multiple file upload with asp.net 4.5 and Visual studio 2012.

See if your hosting control panel has this feature. If you don't have shell access, or if you have a shared hosting account, updating the folder permissions can be a little tricky. The folder must be writable by the script means the web server user (usually If you have shell access, the folder permissions can be updated using the ‘chmod’ command easily. The folder in which the files are saved should be writable by the script. These configuration parameters have to be setup right for the file uploads to work fine. There are several configuration parameters that can affect the file upload. Notes on setting up the web server for successful file uploads If you upload this php script to your website, you will be able to upload files through the form. $upload_file_name = preg_replace( '//', '', $upload_file_name) replace any non-alpha-numeric cracters in th file name First, we check if the form is posted and then check if the file is uploaded successfully. Now we have to add the following PHP code to handle the upload.This is where we will save the uploaded files.

Create a folder named “uploads” on your web server at the same path level as the uploadfiles.php file.

When the user clicks the “Upload Now” button, the browser will post the form data along with the file contents to the script mentioned in the action attribute ( uploadfiles.php) The script then collects the file and saves on the server. This web page completes our work on the client side.

Html5 multiple file upload example