Sorry I never got notified of replies for some reason, I will try this
looping method I think it could work.
Thanks!
On Apr 17, 7:44 am, jeremyharris <funeralm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could try looping through the files array and saving them manually:
>
> foreach $_FILES['files'] as $file {
> // create data array containing fields such as a foreignKey, model, etc.
> and save them as individual records
>
> }
>
> Or, instead of using the multiple option, you can try processing them each
> as a single request so you don't have to change anything in your controller
> but rather just how the view presents it. I've used drag and drop jQuery
> plugins and the like to help with this. It's by far my favorite solution,
> because it doesn't rely on browser specific features (such as HTML5
> multiple upload).
>
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> On Sunday, April 15, 2012 5:42:25 PM UTC-7, double07 wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I'm using the cakephp media plugin in my project using the monolithic
> > style attachments table, i.e. all the attachments go in the one table
> > with foreign_key, model, group etc. saved with the file details. So my
> > model looks like:
>
> > class ProjectProfile extends AppModel {
>
> > var $name = 'ProjectProfile';
> > var $useDbConfig = 'default';
> > var $useTable = 'project_profiles';
> > var $actsAs = array('Media.Transfer', 'Media.Generator');
>
> > public $belongsTo = array(
> > 'Project' => array(
> > 'className' => 'Project',
> > 'foreignKey' => 'pjID'
> > )
> > );
>
> > var $hasMany = array(
> > 'Photo' => array(
> > 'className' => 'Media.Attachment',
> > 'order' => 'Photo.basename, Photo.id',
> > 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_key',
> > 'conditions' => array('Photo.model' => 'ProjectProfile',
> > 'Photo.group' => 'Photo'),
> > 'dependent' => true)
> > );
>
> > Then a saveAll in the controller when saving my record saves the
> > attached file(s).
>
> > This all works fine, however I'd really like to be able to upload
> > multiple files at once, which the plugin does support by doing this in
> > the form:
>
> > echo $this->Form->hidden('Photo.0.model', array('value' => 'Photo'));
> > echo $this->Form->input('Photo.0.file', array('type' => 'file');
> > echo $this->Form->hidden('Photo.1.model', array('value' => 'Photo'));
> > echo $this->Form->input('Photo.1.file', array('type' => 'file');
> > echo $this->Form->hidden('Photo.2.model', array('value' => 'Photo'));
> > echo $this->Form->input('Photo.2.file', array('type' => 'file');
>
> > But I think you'd agree that's a bit cumbersome to have to click
> > browse for each individual file. The simplist method I could see to to
> > allow multiple file uploads was to use the HTML5 multiple file section
> > option -
> >http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/veganista/2012/01/31/html_5_multip...
> > :
>
> > echo $this->Form->input('files.', array('type' => 'file',
> > 'multiple'));
>
> > This allows you to shift click in the file browser to select multiple
> > files then puts the files into an array to save... however, this field
> > format isn't handled by the media plugin. Also, there'd be no way to
> > add the model, group etc. fields on the save as far as I could see.
>
> > So, does anybody know how I can handle multi file uploads with the
> > media plugin using the monolithic model? I'm open to all suggestions.
>
> > Thanks in advance.
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