Simple File Upload for FuelPHP - php

Question

Does anyone have experience of uploading a series of files to a web server with FuelPHP?
My current setup adds content to a database from a Form, but I'd like to process images at this point too - so basically move them to my web server when submitting a form.
Is this simple to do?
I have my 'action_add()' method in my controller, but not sure how to update it to loop through all my file fields and move files.
public function action_add()
{
$val = Model_Article::validate('add_article');
if ($val->run())
{
$status = (Input::post('save_draft') ? 0 : 1);
if ( ! $val->input('category_id'))
{
$category_id = null;
}
else
{
$category_id = $val->validated('category_id');
}
$article = new Model_Article(array(
'user_id' => $this->user_id,
'category_id' => $category_id,
'title' => $val->validated('title'),
'body' => $val->validated('body'),
'published' => $status,
));
if ($article->save())
{
Session::set_flash('success', 'Article successfully added.');
}
else
{
Session::set_flash('error', 'Something went wrong, '.
'please try again!');
}
Response::redirect('articles/add');
}
$this->template->title = 'Add Article';
$this->template->content = View::forge('articles/add')
->set('categories', Model_Category::find('all'), false)
->set('val', Validation::instance('add_article'), false);
}
My Form:
<h2>Add an Article</h2>
<p>Publish a new article by filling the form below.</p>
<div class="options">
<div class="option">
<?php echo Html::anchor('articles', 'View Articles'); ?>
</div>
<div class="option">
<?php echo Html::anchor('categories/add', 'Add a Category'); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php echo $val->show_errors(); ?>
<?php echo Form::open(array('enctype' => 'multipart/form-data')); ?>
<?php $select_categories = array(null => 'Uncategorized'); ?>
<?php foreach ($categories as $category): ?>
<?php $select_categories[$category->id] = $category->name; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<div class="input select">
<?php echo Form::label('Category', 'category_id'); ?>
<?php echo Form::select('category_id', e($val->input('category_id')),
$select_categories); ?>
</div>
<div class="input text required">
<?php echo Form::label('Title', 'title'); ?>
<?php echo Form::input('title', e($val->input('title')),
array('size' => '30')); ?>
</div>
<div class="input textarea required">
<?php echo Form::label('Body', 'body'); ?>
<?php echo Form::textarea('body', e($val->input('body')),
array('rows' => 4, 'cols' => 40)); ?>
</div>
<div class="input textarea required">
<?php echo FORM::file('filename'); ?>
</div>
<div class="input submit">
<?php echo Form::submit('add_article', 'Publish'); ?>
<?php echo Form::submit('save_draft', 'Save Draft'); ?>
</div>
<?php echo Form::close(); ?>
Many thanks for any pointers.

Answer 1

Okay I can give you some instruction.
First fuelphp upload documentation
Hope it helps sorry if there are typos in it
public function action_add()
{
$val = Model_Article::validate('add_article'); //<-- maybe its just me but I never saw any similar to this in fuelphp sorry about this if I'm wrong
// if your form validation is okay than continue with everyhing else
if ($val->run())
{
$article = Model_Article::forge();
// Custom configuration for this upload
$config = array(
'path' => DOCROOT.DS.'foldername/tomove/your/images',
'randomize' => true,
'ext_whitelist' => array('img', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png'),
);
Upload::process($config);
// if a valid file is passed than the function will save, or if its not empty
if (Upload::is_valid())
{
// save them according to the config
Upload::save();
//if you want to save to tha database lets grab the file name
$value = Upload::get_files();
$article->your_file_input_name = $value[0]['saved_as'];
}
$status = (Input::post('save_draft') ? 0 : 1);
if ( ! $val->input('category_id'))
{
$category_id = null;
}
else
{
$category_id = $val->validated('category_id');
}
$article->user_id = $this->user_id;
$article->category_i = $category_id;
$article->title = $val->validated('title');
$article->body = $val->validated('body');
$article->published = $status;
if ($article->save())
{
Session::set_flash('success', 'Article successfully added.');
}
else
{
Session::set_flash('error', 'Something went wrong, '.
'please try again!');
}
Response::redirect('articles/add');
}
$this->template->title = 'Add Article';
$this->template->content = View::forge('articles/add')
->set('categories', Model_Category::find('all'), false)
->set('val', Validation::instance('add_article'), false);
}