php - Upload multiple files in Laravel 4 -

here controller code uploading multiple files , passing key , value 'postman' rest api client on google chrome. adding multiple files postman 1 file getting upload.

public function post_files() {     $allowedexts = array("gif", "jpeg", "jpg", "png","txt","pdf","doc","rtf","docx","xls","xlsx");     foreach($_files['file'] $key => $abc) {         $temp = explode(".", $_files["file"]["name"]);         $extension = end($temp);         $filename= $temp[0];         $destinationpath = 'upload/'.$filename.'.'.$extension;          if(in_array($extension, $allowedexts)&&($_files["file"]["size"] < 20000000)) {             if($_files["file"]["error"] > 0) {                 echo "return code: " . $_files["file"]["error"] . "<br>";             }             if (file_exists($destinationpath)) {                 echo $filename." exists. ";             } else {                 $uploadsuccess=move_uploaded_file($_files["file"]["tmp_name"],$destinationpath);                 if( $uploadsuccess ) {                     $document_details=response::json(author::insert_document_details_call($filename,$destinationpath));                     return $document_details; // or redirect message file uploaded                 // return redirect::to('authors')                 } else {                     return response::json('error', 400);                 }             }         }     }   } 

i have tried code returns me location of file in temporary folder

$file = input::file('file');             echo count($file); 

and echo count($_files['file']); returns me 5.can tell me why?

and why foreach(input::file('file') $key => $abc) gives error invalid arguments

not using api, might outline principle.

i set routes.php file, whick upload test.

routes.php

// save files route::post('upload', function(){     $files = input::file('files');      foreach($files $file) {                 // public/uploads         $file->move('uploads/');     } });  // show form route::get('/', function() {     echo form::open(array('url' => 'upload', 'files'=>true));     echo form::file('files[]', array('multiple'=>true));     echo form::submit();     echo form::close(); }); 

notice input name, files[]: if uploading multiple files under same name, include brackets well.