I want to upload a profile picture with symfony2 and doctrine - php

Question

In User.php (Entity name is User), I have a field in User entity named userPic , type String
In file UserType.php I mention userPic as shown below :
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$builder
->add('userFullname')
->add('userName')
->add('userEmail')
->add('userPassword')
->add('userPic', 'file', array ('label'=>'profile Picture'))
->add('gender','choice',array('choices' => array('m' => 'Male', 'f' => 'Female')))
->add('isActive')
;
}
Now in the controller I'm getting the form fields as shown below
/**
* Creates a new User entity.
*
*/
public function createAction(Request $request)
{
$entity = new User();
$form = $this->createCreateForm($entity);
$form->handleRequest($request);
if ($form->isValid()) {
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$em->persist($entity);
$em->flush();
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('user_show', array('id' => $entity->getId())));
}
return $this->render('MWANRegisterBundle:User:new.html.twig', array(
'entity' => $entity,
'form' => $form->createView(),
));
}
Where do I have to give the path in which I want to save the picture? How can I save the uploaded file in my desired directory and save directory path in database?

Answer 1

Christian's answer is valid, however I'd just like to point out more specificaly how to do what is asked. Simply do :
if ($form->isValid()) {
$file = $form->getData()['file'];
$file->move('/your/path/to/your/file', 'yourFileName');
// Do the rest
...
}
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You need to create an upload method in your entity. Check this link for more details http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/doctrine/file_uploads.html
public function uploadFile()
{
// the file property can be empty if the field is not required
if (null === $this->getFile()) {
return;
}
// use the original file name here but you should
// sanitize it at least to avoid any security issues
// move takes the target directory and then the
// target filename to move to
$this->getFile()->move($this->getUploadDir(), $this->getFile()->getClientOriginalName());
// set the path property to the filename where you've saved the file
$this->path = $this->getFile()->getClientOriginalName();
// clean up the file property as you won't need it anymore
$this->file = null;
}
/**
* Creates a new User entity.
*
*/
public function createAction(Request $request)
{
$entity = new User();
$form = $this->createCreateForm($entity);
$form->handleRequest($request);
if ($form->isValid()) {
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
// Upload file
$entity->uploadFile();
$em->persist($entity);
$em->flush();
return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('user_show', array('id' => $entity->getId())));
}
return $this->render('MWANRegisterBundle:User:new.html.twig', array(
'entity' => $entity,
'form' => $form->createView(),
));
}