Thanks, I have it working to a point. Images get uploaded and associated correct but my model field is always empty
Image Model: public $belongsTo = array( 'Product' => array( 'className' => 'Product', 'foreignKey' => 'id', 'conditions' => array( 'Image.model' => 'Product'), 'dependant' => true ) ); Product Model: public $hasMany = array( 'Image' => array( 'className' => 'Image', 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_key', 'dependent' => true)); Do I need to add something to the Product Model relation? Or I manually have to add in the $this->request-data['Image']['model'] = 'Product'; before the save? Thanks again, Dave -----Original Message----- From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lowpass Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 3:17 PM To: cake-php@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Dealing with Image Uploads One approach is to add foreign_key and model columns to your images table so you can create associations between Image and other models like this: public $belongsTo = array( 'Publication' => array( 'className' => 'Publication', 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_key', 'conditions' => array( 'Image.model' => 'Publication' ), 'dependent' => true ), 'Author' => array( 'className' => 'Author', 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_key', 'conditions' => array( 'Image.model' => 'Author' ), 'dependent' => true ) ); You can then store settings for the various models within the Image class: public $settings = array( 'Publication' => array( 'directory' => 'img/publications', 'width' => 220, 'height' => 288, 'wp' => 220, 'hp' => 288, 'wl' => 220, 'hl' => 288 ), ... ); Then create an ImageComponent to handle the upload and resize, accessing the required settings much the same way that a behavior reads its own settings for a given model. That is, $this->__Controller->{$model}->Image->settings[$model]['width'], or something similar. Of course, you'll need to pass the desired model somehow, either in the upload form or as a parameter passed from the controller to the component. For Thumbnails, create a separate table and associate them by image_id. The class itself can also have a $settings array similar to that in Image, so that you can have various sizes of thumb. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Advantage+ <movepix...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to figure out the best way from the backed the admin can upload > images, the tricky part is the site has all different kinds of images > (small product thumbs, large version, they want to be able to upload > images into the jquery slider on the home page, images for a new > sections, featured product on index page to name a few of the > different sizes) > > > > And there is no way to know if they are even going to upload the right > dimensions for each type of image. > > > > What is the best way to do this? I cannot seem to think of anything > having a table for each_image how it relates to that page, that seems > like the opposite of what should be done. > > > > Any idea would be great. > > > > Thanks, Dave > > -- > Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on > Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. > > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en.