chromatic pointed out the max upload situation with CGI.pm, but I wanted to point out something different: you can have multiple values for a name.

For instance, imaging you have two checkboxes, both named "color". One is for "red" and the other is for "blue" and you have both checked when you submit the form. CGI.pm will correctly read them both. You would use the following to retrieve both values: 

my @colors = $cgi->param( 'color' ); # Note the array

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In your snippet above, name all of the files "file" and you can use this to populate your files array: 
@files = cgi->param( 'file' );

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Since you're already pushing your filehandles into @files, you won't have any changes to your logic, but you'll have reduced 14 lines of code to 1. Much easier to maintain and extend that way.

And the obligatory: you forgot to use strict or taint checking.

Cheers,
Ovid

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In reply to (Ovid) Re: 52K maximum file upload? by Ovid
in thread 52K maximum file upload? by Stamp_Guy

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