I'm using the cakephp uploader plugin by Miles Johnson. I like the plugin and I've got it working to be able to upload photos for a photo model. The problem I'm running into is that when I try to edit an existing record, instead of replacing the photo associated with the record I'm editing a new record is created. The new record has all the same information with the exception of the new photo that's been uploaded.
Here's how the photo model looks:
'Uploader.Attachment' => array(
'imgPath' => array(
// 'name' => '', // Name of the function to use to format filenames
'baseDir' => '', // See UploaderComponent::$baseDir
'uploadDir' => 'files/uploads/', // See UploaderComponent::$uploadDir
'dbColumn' => 'imgPath', // The database column name to save the path to
'maxNameLength' => 60, // Max file name length
'overwrite' => false, // Overwrite file with same name if it exists
'stopSave' => true, // Stop the model save() if upload fails
'allowEmpty' => true, // Allow an empty file upload to continue
'transforms' => array( // What transformations to do on images: scale, resize, etc
array(
'method' => 'resize',
'width' => 50,
'height' => 50,
'append' => '_thumb',
'dbColumn' => 'imgPathThumb',
)
)
)
)
This is the photo admin edit view form:
<?php echo $this->Html->script('ckeditor/ckeditor');?>
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Photo', array('type' => 'file'));?>
<fieldset>
<legend><?php echo __('Admin Edit Photo'); ?></legend>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('title');
echo $this->Form->input('caption', array('class'=>'ckeditor'));
echo $this->Form->input('imgPath', array('type' => 'file'));
echo $this->Form->input('alt_tag');
echo $this->Form->input('type', array( 'label' => 'Choose a type of photo', 'options' => array(
'gallery'=>'gallery',
'news'=>'news',
'post'=>'post',
)));
echo $this->Form->input('active', array( 'label' => 'Make active', 'options' => array('yes'=>'yes','no'=>'no' )));
echo $this->Form->input('gallery_id');
?>
</fieldset>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(__('Submit')); ?>
This is the controller admin edit code:
public function admin_edit($id = null) {
$this->layout = 'admin';
if (!$this->Photo->exists($id)) {
throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid photo'));
}
if ($this->request->is(array('post', 'put'))) {
if ($this->Photo->save($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The photo has been saved.'), 'success');
return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
} else {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The photo could not be saved. Please, try again.'), 'error');
}
} else {
$options = array('conditions' => array('Photo.' . $this->Photo->primaryKey => $id));
$this->request->data = $this->Photo->find('first', $options);
}
$galleries = $this->Photo->Gallery->find('list');
$this->set(compact('galleries'));
}
Have I overlooked something obvious?
Cheers, Paul
When You editing record, You must set ID of this record.
Add to form
$this->Form->input('id')
or set ID in controller beforesave()
action