<?php
                echo '<form name="submitExemption" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="submitRequest.php">';
                echo '<fieldset>';
                echo '<font class="label">Name: </font>'.$_SESSION["first"].' '.$_SESSION["last"].'<br><br>';
?>
                        Choose a file to upload: <input type="file" name="f1"><br>
                        Choose a file to upload: <input type="file" name="f2"><br>
                        Choose a file to upload: <input type="file" name="f3"><br><br>
<?php
                echo '<input type="button" value="Submit Request" onclick="checkFields()">';
                echo '</fieldset>';
                echo '</form>';
?>

// submitRequest.php is below

foreach($_FILES as $key => $value) {
	  if($_FILES[$key]['name'] != "") {
              if($_FILES[$key]['error'] == 0) {
                ${"name".$key} = mysql_real_escape_string($_FILES[$key]['name']);
                ${"mime".$key} = mysql_real_escape_string($_FILES[$key]['type']);
                ${"size".$key} = intval($_FILES[$key]['size']);
                ${"data".$key} = mysql_real_escape_string(file_get_contents($_FILES[$key]['tmp_name']));
              }else {
                  die('An error accured while the file was being uploaded.');
              }
          }
}