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15 years ago
Here is a function to fix the indices of a multi-dimensional for easier parsing when dealing with file uploads.  It takes a single $_FILES field array as a parameter and separates each individual uploaded file by numeric key.  This allows for iterating like:

<?php
fixFilesArray($_FILES['array_of_files']);
foreach ($_FILES['array_of_files'] as $position => $file) {
    // should output array with indices name, type, tmp_name, error, size
    var_dump($file);
}
?>

Here's the code:

<?php
/**
 * Fixes the odd indexing of multiple file uploads from the format:
 *
 * $_FILES['field']['key']['index']
 *
 * To the more standard and appropriate:
 *
 * $_FILES['field']['index']['key']
 *
 * @param array $files
 * @author Corey Ballou
 * @link http://www.jqueryin.com
 */
function fixFilesArray(&$files)
{
    $names = array( 'name' => 1, 'type' => 1, 'tmp_name' => 1, 'error' => 1, 'size' => 1);

    foreach ($files as $key => $part) {
        // only deal with valid keys and multiple files
        $key = (string) $key;
        if (isset($names[$key]) && is_array($part)) {
            foreach ($part as $position => $value) {
                $files[$position][$key] = $value;
            }
            // remove old key reference
            unset($files[$key]);
        }
    }
}
?>
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