multiple image upload with codeigniter

1    private function upload_files($path, $title, $files)
2    {
3        $config = array(
4            'upload_path'   => $path,
5            'allowed_types' => 'jpg|gif|png',
6            'overwrite'     => 1,                       
7        );
8
9        $this->load->library('upload', $config);
10
11        $images = array();
12
13        foreach ($files['name'] as $key => $image) {
14            $_FILES['images[]']['name']= $files['name'][$key];
15            $_FILES['images[]']['type']= $files['type'][$key];
16            $_FILES['images[]']['tmp_name']= $files['tmp_name'][$key];
17            $_FILES['images[]']['error']= $files['error'][$key];
18            $_FILES['images[]']['size']= $files['size'][$key];
19
20            $fileName = $title .'_'. $image;
21
22            $images[] = $fileName;
23
24            $config['file_name'] = $fileName;
25
26            $this->upload->initialize($config);
27
28            if ($this->upload->do_upload('images[]')) {
29                $this->upload->data();
30            } else {
31                return false;
32            }
33        }
34
35        return $images;
36    }
37

1views
2---------
3
4<?php echo validation_errors();?>
5<?php echo form_open_multipart('pages/multiple_files');?>
6<p><input type="file" multiple="multiple" name="image_name[]" class="form-control" /></p>
7
8<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-block"/> 
9</form>
10
11Controller
12----------
13
14public function multiple_files(){
15  $this->load->library('upload');
16  $image = array();
17  $ImageCount = count($_FILES['image_name']['name']);
18        for($i = 0; $i < $ImageCount; $i++){
19            $_FILES['file']['name']       = $_FILES['image_name']['name'][$i];
20            $_FILES['file']['type']       = $_FILES['image_name']['type'][$i];
21            $_FILES['file']['tmp_name']   = $_FILES['image_name']['tmp_name'][$i];
22            $_FILES['file']['error']      = $_FILES['image_name']['error'][$i];
23            $_FILES['file']['size']       = $_FILES['image_name']['size'][$i];
24
25            // File upload configuration
26            $uploadPath = './assets/images/profiles/';
27            $config['upload_path'] = $uploadPath;
28            $config['allowed_types'] = 'jpg|jpeg|png|gif';
29
30            // Load and initialize upload library
31            $this->load->library('upload', $config);
32            $this->upload->initialize($config);
33
34            // Upload file to server
35            if($this->upload->do_upload('file')){
36                // Uploaded file data
37                $imageData = $this->upload->data();
38                 $uploadImgData[$i]['image_name'] = $imageData['file_name'];
39
40            }
41        }
42         if(!empty($uploadImgData)){
43            // Insert files data into the database
44            $this->pages_model->multiple_images($uploadImgData);              
45        }
46  }
47  
48Model
49---------
50  public function multiple_images($image = array()){
51
52     return $this->db->insert_batch('profile_images',$image);
53             }
54
55