Laravel $request->file('files') returns single uploaded file instead of many files

Question

I am trying to upload multiple images via postman.

As you can see in the screenshot, I am using form-data and I have 2 files selected for upload.

In the controller method, I just have a dumper:

public function store(Request $request)
{
    dd( $request->file('files') );
}

Here is what I get in response. 1 single file, although I uploaded 2 files, does anyone know what's wrong? Is this a postman bug or the code is wrong?

Answer 1

You need to define the name of the input as array.

<input type="file" name="attachments[]">

In PHP in the Controller Action do it like this:

if ($request->hasFile('attachments')) {
    foreach ($request->attachments as $file) {
        ...
    }
}

$file is the Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile