Upload files or just one file?

[cleanair4me46]

I have a PHP (version 5) site that allows uploading of files into our Solaris server using Apache. I currently allow the user to upload up to 10 files at once. If users upload files as big as 20 mb or more slows the upload process down. Should I just allow one file upload at a time for better performance? I was wondering how other PHP developers handle this?

 

[jpadie]

multiple uploads should not cause problems if there is enough memory to handle them on the server.

if there is a requirement to upload multiple files then there is no real workaround to having multiple file fields.

'fake' workarounds include

* single upload of zip files (use a server process to explode the zip and handle the individual files).
* use a flash or java uploader