CakePHP-Upload-Plugin

For CakePHP 2.x, used to automatically upload files and control their integrity (size and file types)

Setup

You must install Fileinfo PHP module before: http://pecl.php.net/package/Fileinfo

You need to clone the project into a "Plugin" directory in app/Plugin. Then, add this "CakePlugin::load" in the app bootstrap:

CakePlugin::load('Upload');

Configure The Behavior in Models

public $actsAs = array( 'Upload.Upload' => array( 'photo', 'picture' => array( 'root' => WWW_ROOT, 'prefix' => 'file', 'dir' => 'files', 'types' => array('jpg' => 'image/jpeg', 'png' => 'image/png', 'gif' => 'image/gif'), 'size' => 100, 'retina' => false, 'thumbs' => array( 'small' => array(300), 'crop' => array(200,200) ) ) ) );

Add the upload fields in the Behavior declaration, you can add custom options or not, here the fields are "photo" and "picture".

• root: the root of uploaded files folder. By default 'webroot' of 'app' folder.
• prefix: the prefix of the uploaded file that will be for example: file-123abc456.jpg
• dir: the webroot directory where the file will be uploaded, "files" by default,
• types: the file types authorized to download, "jpg", "png" andd "gif" by default. The key is the extension and the value the mime type,
• size: the maximum file size authorized,
• retina: the uploaded file will be used for a retina display,
• thumbs: the thumbs for Web images formats. The key will the the prefix (ie: small-123abc456.jpg), and the value(s) the width or the sizes.

Use the UploadForm Helper in Views

Instead od using Form Helper It necessary to use its brother, UploadForm, first add the Helper declaration in Controller:

public $helpers = array('Upload.FormUpload');

Secondly, use it in add View:

echo $this->FormUpload->create('Item'); echo $this->FormUpload->fileInput('photo'); echo $this->FormUpload->fileInput('picture'); echo $this->FormUpload->end(__('Submit'));

Finally, use it in edit View, you can specify "isEdition" with true if you want to see the image or a link to the file in the form:

echo $this->FormUpload->create('Item'); echo $this->FormUpload->fileInput('photo', array('isEdition' => true)); echo $this->FormUpload->fileInput('picture', array('isEdition' => true)); echo $this->FormUpload->end(__('Submit'));

If you need to get the thumb file name, it is possible to use "thumbName":

echo $this->FormUpload->thumnName($filename, 'small');

The first argument is the file name and the second if the thumb prefix.