Move files after Upload many
Move files after Upload many
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Hi, I'm using the upload many field successfully but I'm now trying to move the recently uploaded files to a client folder after the row is created using the postCreate event handler. I'm using the below server side code but my files aren't being moved. The $file array is returning only the id of the files but not the filename, I'm gettin the error filename is not defined. This is my code:
->join(
Mjoin::inst('files')
->link('deceased.id', 'deceased_files.deceased_id')
->link('files.id', 'deceased_files.file_id')
->fields(
Field::inst( 'id' ),
Field::inst( 'filename' )
->upload( Upload::inst( '../../../files/'.$GLOBALS['orgid'].'/__ID__.__EXTN__' )
->db( 'files', 'id', array(
'filename' => Upload::DB_FILE_NAME,
'filesize' => Upload::DB_FILE_SIZE,
'web_path' => Upload::DB_WEB_PATH,
'system_path' => Upload::DB_SYSTEM_PATH
) )
->validator( Validate::fileSize( 5000000, 'Files must be smaller that 5Mb' ) )
->validator( Validate::fileExtensions( array( 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'pdf' ), "Please upload an image or pdf file" ) )
)
)
)
->on('postCreate', function ($editor, $id, $values, $row) use ($orgid) {
// Create a directory for the new record if it doesn't exist
$dir = '../../../files/' . $orgid . '/' . $id;
if (!file_exists($dir)) {
mkdir($dir, 0777, true);
}
// Copy the index.html file
copy('../../../index.html', $dir . '/index.html');
// Move uploaded files to the new record's directory
foreach ($values['files'] as $file) {
if (!empty($file)) {
$sourcePath = '../../../files/' . $orgid . '/' . $file['filename'];
$destPath = $dir . '/' . $file['filename'];
if (file_exists($sourcePath)) {
rename($sourcePath, $destPath);
}
}
}
})
Edited by Allan to add syntax highlighting
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Answers
Hi,
If you want to move files around from the upload, you need to that that in a custom upload handler.
One of the key things to remember here is that the upload action is async to the rest of the form - you can create a record without uploading a file. You could also upload a file and then not create a row! (This we call an orphaned file).
So any moving of files should be done in the upload handlers, rather than an event such as
postCreate
.Allan
Hi Allan, thanks for your reply. I think I took the postCreate event hanlder because I wanted to use the .$id of the 'files' table as part of the directory which isn't set until after editor is submitted and the new row created in my database. Instead of the custom upload handler I added 'extn' column and then looped through all the filenames and all my allowed extensions to find the file/s uploaded before moving to the correct client folder. It may not be the best way but it is working now.
Lincoln.