show error next to input field
<p>I would like to show the errors next to input field. I tried echoing the error but it just displays the word Array. How can I show the error next to input field? Also I would like to let the user upload 5 photos and only the first photo is required. I mean the user can upload 5 photos but all the 5 photos aren't required only one. is that possible? thanks</p>

<pre><code>    &lt;?php
$out['error'][]=''; //this is what I added
function uploadFile ($file_field = null, $check_image = false, $random_name = false) {

//Config Section    
//Set file upload path
$path = 'productpic/'; //with trailing slash
//Set max file size in bytes
$max_size = 2097152;
//Set default file extension whitelist
$whitelist_ext = array('jpg','png','gif');
//Set default file type whitelist
$whitelist_type = array('image/jpeg', 'image/png','image/gif');

//The Validation
// Create an array to hold any output
$out = array('error'=&gt;null);

if (!$file_field) {
$out['error'][] = "Please specify a valid form field name";           
}

if (!$path) {
$out['error'][] = "Please specify a valid upload path";               
}

if (count($out['error'])&gt;0) {
return $out;
}

//Make sure that there is a file
if((!empty($_FILES[$file_field])) &amp;&amp; ($_FILES[$file_field]['error'] == 0)) {

// Get filename
$file_info = pathinfo($_FILES[$file_field]['name']);
$name = $file_info['filename'];
$ext = $file_info['extension'];

//Check file has the right extension           
if (!in_array($ext, $whitelist_ext)) {
  $out['error'][] = "Invalid file Extension";
}

//Check that the file is of the right type
if (!in_array($_FILES[$file_field]["type"], $whitelist_type)) {
  $out['error'][] = "Invalid file Type";
}

//Check that the file is not too big
if ($_FILES[$file_field]["size"] &gt; $max_size) {
  $out['error'][] = "We are sorry, the image must be less than 2MB";
}

//If $check image is set as true
if ($check_image) {
  if (!getimagesize($_FILES[$file_field]['tmp_name'])) {
    $out['error'][] = "The file you trying to upload is not an Image, we only accept images";
  }
}

//Create full filename including path
if ($random_name) {

  // Generate random filename
  $tmp = str_replace(array('.',' '), array('',''), microtime());

  if (!$tmp || $tmp == '') {
    $out['error'][] = "File must have a name";
  }     
  $newname = $tmp.'.'.$ext;                                
} else {
    $newname = $name.'.'.$ext;
}

//Check if file already exists on server
if (file_exists($path.$newname)) {
  $out['error'][] = "The image you trying to upload already exists, please upload only once";
}

if (count($out['error'])&gt;0) {
  //The file has not correctly validated
  return $out;
} 

if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$file_field]['tmp_name'], $path.$newname)) {
  //Success

  $out['filepath'] = $path;
  $out['filename'] = $newname;
  return $out;
} else {
  $out['error'][] = "Server Error!";
}

} else {
$out['error'][] = "Please select a photo";
return $out;
}      
}
?&gt;

&lt;?php

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$file = uploadFile('file', true, false);
if (is_array($file['error'])) {
$message = '';
foreach ($file['error'] as $msg) {
  $message .= '&lt;p&gt;'.$msg.'&lt;/p&gt;';    
}
} else {
$message = "File uploaded successfully";
$sub=1;
}
echo $message;
}
?&gt;
&lt;form action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form1" id="form1"&gt;
&lt;?php
ini_set( "display_errors", 0);
if($sub==0)
{
?&gt;
&lt;input name="file" type="file" size="20" /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;?php echo $out['error'] ;?&gt;&lt;/span&gt; //It displays here just the word Array
&lt;input name="submit" type="submit" value="Upload" /&gt;
&lt;?php
}
?&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
</code></pre>
