[PHP-NOTES] note 130601 added to features.file-upload.post-method

[email protected] ("[email protected]") Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:04:51 +0000
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In object-oriented design, I believe that the methods of Coreywelch or Daevid are more correct. Their suggestions ensure the integrity of a single file object during multi-file uploads, and regardless of whether users upload multi-level file directories, they are only displayed in the full_path attribute. In fact, PHP associative arrays should be objects, while arrays should be keyless; otherwise, the boundary between objects and arrays becomes too blurred. PHP is still the most efficient web service language today and will inevitably move toward strong typing, rather than just being used to quickly write a bunch of code with unpredictable results, especially in the current era of AI popularity.

For example, an input that supports uploading a folder along with all its files or subfolders.
<input type="file" name="uploads[]" multiple webkitdirectory>

It aligns more with object-oriented design thinking, but it is still an associative array.

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => facepalm.jpg
            [full_path] => User/Path/to/facepalm.jpg
            [type] => image/jpeg
            [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpn3FmFr
            [error] => 0
            [size] => 15476
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => 
            [full_path] =>
            [type] => 
            [tmp_name] => 
            [error] => 4
            [size] => 
        )
)

But in the end, it should be like this:
Object $userfile
            $userfile->name // facepalm.jpg
            $userfile->full_path // User/Path/to/facepalm.jpg
            $userfile->type // image/jpeg
            $userfile->tmp_name // /tmp/phpn3FmFr
            $userfile->error // 0
            $userfile->size // 15476
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