How do you loop through $_FILES array?

Question

Here are the inputs I want to loop through

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Answer 1

PHP's choice of how to handle $_FILES wastes a lot of developer time. Based on @Lendrick's answer, here is a similar OO approach.

/**
* @brief get the POSTed files in a more usable format
    Works on the following methods:
        

        
        
        
        
* @return   Array
* @todo
* @see  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5444827/how-do-you-loop-through-files-array
*/
public static function GetPostedFiles()
{
    /* group the information together like this example
    Array
    (
        [attachments] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
            (
                [name] => car.jpg
                [type] => image/jpeg
                [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpe1fdEB
                [error] => 0
                [size] => 2345276
            )
        )
        [jimmy] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
            (
                [name] => 1.jpg
                [type] => image/jpeg
                [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpx1HXrr
                [error] => 0
                [size] => 221041
            )
            [1] => Array
            (
                [name] => 2 ' .jpg
                [type] => image/jpeg
                [tmp_name] => /tmp/phpQ1clPh
                [error] => 0
                [size] => 47634
            )
        )
    )
    */

    $Result = array();
    $Name = array();
    $Type = array();
    $TmpName = array();
    $Error = array();
    $Size = array();
    foreach($_FILES as $Field => $Data)
    {
        foreach($Data as $Key => $Val)
        {
            $Result[$Field] = array();
            if(!is_array($Val))
                $Result[$Field] = $Data;
            else
            {
                $Res = array();
                self::GPF_FilesFlip($Res, array(), $Data);
                $Result[$Field] += $Res;
            }
        }
    }

    return $Result;
}

private static function GPF_ArrayMergeRecursive($PaArray1, $PaArray2)
{
    // helper method for GetPostedFiles
    if (!is_array($PaArray1) or !is_array($PaArray2))
        return $PaArray2;
    foreach ($PaArray2 AS $SKey2 => $SValue2)
        $PaArray1[$SKey2] = self::GPF_ArrayMergeRecursive(@$PaArray1[$SKey2], $SValue2);
    return $PaArray1;
}

private static function GPF_FilesFlip(&$Result, $Keys, $Value)
{
    // helper method for GetPostedFiles
    if(is_array($Value))
    {
        foreach($Value as $K => $V)
        {
            $NewKeys = $Keys;
            array_push($NewKeys, $K);
            self::GPF_FilesFlip($Result, $NewKeys, $V);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        $Res = $Value;
        // move the innermost key to the outer spot
        $First = array_shift($Keys);
        array_push($Keys, $First);
        foreach(array_reverse($Keys) as $K)
            $Res = array($K => $Res); // you might think we'd say $Res[$K] = $Res, but $Res starts out not as an array
        $Result = self::GPF_ArrayMergeRecursive($Result, $Res);
    }
}