Joomla postSaveHook set jform - php

Question

Im busy with an image moving function so im overriding some controller functions, and unfortuantly i required the items id for the image name so i changed form save() to postSaveHook() as i was not able to get the item id in save() but now im facing another problem i cant set form data to the newly renamed image.
Here's the code:
public function postSaveHook($model, $validData){
$item = $model->getItem();
$id = $item->get('id');
$path = JPath::clean(JPATH_SITE. DS ."images". DS ."menu_slider". DS );
$input=JFactory::getApplication()->input;
$input->get('jform', NULL, NULL);
$src_image = $this->moveOriginal($path,$id);
$imageTest = $this->findImages($src_image);
if(!empty($imageTest)){
foreach($imageTest as $images){
$this->createImageSlices($images,$src_image,$path);
}
}else{
echo 'all images are there';
}
/*this part no longer works*/
$data = JRequest::getVar( 'jform', null, 'post', 'array' );
$data['image'] = 'images'.DS.'menu_slider'.DS.'original'.DS.$src_image;
$input->post->set('jform',$data);
return parent::postSaveHook($model, $validData);
}
is there anyway i can save the data from this? or if i revert back to save, how would i get the id?
Any Help Greatly Appreciated.

Answer 1

I tried different ways and the absolute safest way for me was to add the following code in the model
class DPCasesModelCase extends JModelAdmin {
public function save($data) {
new EventHandler(JDispatcher::getInstance(), $this);
return parent::save($data);
}
}
class EventHandler extends JEvent {
private $model = null;
public function __construct(&$subject, $model) {
parent::__construct($subject);
$this->model = $model;
}
public function onContentChangeState($context, $pks, $value) {
if ($context != 'com_dpcases.case' && $context != 'com_dpcases.form') {
return;
}
if (! is_array($pks)) {
$pks = array($pks);
}
foreach ( $pks as $pk ) {
$this->dowork($this->model->getItem($pk), 'edit');
}
}
public function onContentAfterSave($context, $object, $isNew) {
if ($context != 'com_dpcases.case' && $context != 'com_dpcases.form') {
return;
}
$this->dowork($object, $isNew ? 'create' : 'edit');
}
private function dowork($object, $action) {
...
}
}