multiple uploads using the same name about filepond

[rikschennink]

Hi @lekoala! If you change the name of the input to filepond[] FilePond will copy that name to the hidden input fields.

[lekoala]

I just tried on jsfiddle, it works indeed as you said so there must be something wrong in my setup. I'll have a look tomorrow to see what's wrong.

[lekoala]

it means i was doing something like

<input class="filepond" type="file" name="Files[]" multiple="multiple" id="InputFiles">

and then doing this

$('.filepond').filepond({allowMultiple: true, name: 'Files'})

When done like that, it's Files that will be used for hidden fields, not Files[]. I was using the "name" option to make sure that it was sent properly to the server.

With Files as key, you get a regular array (['name' => 'some name', ...] and with Files[] you get a more complex array (['name'] => [ 0 => 'some name']).

[lekoala]

it might be more convenient to let the javascript add the [] when needed, so that the declaration would stay the same as a standard html 5 file input ?

As far as I can tell, setting the multiple attribute should not require array syntax.

But otherwise I'll try to change the name and see if it works :-)

[lekoala]

As far as I can tell, it's not working

Here is my input

<input class="filepond" type="file" name="Files[]" multiple="multiple" id="InputFiles">

Here is a sample hidden field

<input type="hidden" name="Files" value="68">

[rikschennink]

That's odd, can you set up a public test case, I can't reproduce this problem on my test environment.

While I like the idea, I'm afraid automatically switching names might be confusing.

It's indeed more logical to have a singular name for the input ( when it's not enhanced ). But having a fixed name will be easier to handle on the server.

[rikschennink]

Alright, will await your response.

[lekoala]

ok, it was because I was using the name option to set the name of the field when uploading the file. It's still a bit annoying though because it means that the behaviour is not the same when having single or multiple uploads : the endpoint will get passed an array of files or a single file. But at least its working now :-)

Maybe the docs deserved to be updated so that it's clearly specified that when using multiple attribute, the name should include [] in it?

[rikschennink]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean with:

I was using the name option to set the name of the field when uploading the file

But I'm glad it's working.

The docs are on GitHub as well, so if you have suggestions for improvement, pull requests are very welcome.