These might help: http://swfupload.org/ http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/swfupload-and-multipurpose-uploader
-B On Nov 8, 6:29 am, rgreenphotodesign <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, Tarique maybe you can help with this as I've just viewed your > cheesecake site. > > I've been working on a photo gallery set and want to be able to upload > multiple files at one. A user could browse to images and select more > than one, then upload. The best example I can provide for what I'd > like to do is <a href="http://slideshowpro.net/products/ > slideshowpro_director/slideshowpro_director">Slideshow Pro Director</ > a> (they use cake too!). > > So far the only it looks really possible is using Flash on the client > side to be able to select multiple files. This is what SSP does. I've > created a nice little interface in Flex thanks to a couple of nice > tutorials available. It works well (except on Macs) for the most part. > What I don't like about it is it's not Cake friendly. I ended up > having to create an "upload" script in straight php, load it into > webroot. The flash element calls that script to upload the files. It's > nice because it's all PHP and I don't have to worry about any CGI > support. The Flash element treats each file as a separate upload and > just loops through calling the script each time. Probably not the most > efficient, but I don't run into session time outs either. > > I have been unsuccessful trying to get the upload process into an > actual controller. I can pass all kinds of variables through Flash and > save them to the DB just fine, but the image files doesn't make it. I > would assume that it's something in my flash files that not sending > the image correct. I've read a little about a cake upload component, > but haven't dove into it yet. I'm more than happy to send you the > Flash file and scripts if that would help. > > Russ > > On Nov 8, 4:43 am, Marcus Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think your solution is very good, but it does not suit my needs as > > the system I am building is rather complex. > > > Instead I am going to use the following solution to store all my > > images: > > > Images table: > > id > > foreign_id //user_id > > associated_model //User... -- Image->belongsTo = User/Shop/Album/ > > Profile/More.... > > upload_comment // belongsTo $this->AssociatedModel->name > > filename > > full_path //stored in files.image.associated_model.filename > > has_thumb > > thumbs = serialized array //small / large / medium / xlarge > > ext > > created > > updated > > > ----------------- > > > Then albums will have the following association: > > > --Profile > > var $hasMany = array( > > 'Image' => array( > > 'className' => 'Image', > > 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_id', //profile_id > > 'conditions' => array( 'Image.associated_model' => > > 'Profile'), > > ) > > ); > > > --Shop > > var $hasMany = array( > > 'Image' => array( > > 'className' => 'Image', > > 'foreignKey' => 'foreign_id', //shop_id > > 'conditions' => array( 'Image.associated_model' => 'Shop'), > > ) > > ); > > > --Product > > var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array( > > 'Image' => array( > > 'className' => 'Image', > > 'joinTable' => > > 'shop_images_products', > > 'foreignKey' => 'product_id', > > 'associationForeignKey' => > > 'image_foreign_id', > > 'fields' => > > '', > > 'conditions' => array( 'Image.associated_model' => > > 'Shop'), > > 'unique' => true, > > ) > > ); > > > Thats the solution I will be using, hope it works. > > > I might even write a tutorial about this later.... > > > Thank you all once again for helping out. > > > On Nov 8, 8:21 am, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, not really, you just need one images table for that. > > > > Then in your models you just have an image_id, and set your > > > associations up like this: > > > > class Shop extends AppModel { > > > > var $belongsTo = array( > > > 'Image' => array('className' => 'Image', 'foreignKey' => > > > 'image_id') > > > ); > > > > } > > > > class Album extends AppModel { > > > > var $belongsTo = array( > > > 'Image' => array('className' => 'Image', 'foreignKey' => > > > 'image_id') > > > ); > > > > } > > > > If you need more than one image associated, then just use a habtm > > > association and create a join table! > > > > I've been using this method for over a year and a half and I've never > > > thought about doing it any other way. > > > > Cheers, > > > Adam > > > > On Nov 8, 9:29 am, Marcus Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > That does help Adam. Thats exactly the way I will do it now. > > > > > But I think I will end up with many tables which is what really puts > > > > me off. But thats not a problem. > > > > > Should have ShopImage, AlbumImage ProfileImage and so on... > > > > > Many thanks to all for helping out. > > > > > Cheers > > > > > On Nov 7, 10:42 pm, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The way I do this: > > > > > > Tables: > > > > > - images > > > > > - videos > > > > > - documents > > > > > > Each of the tables has the standard fields like mime_type, filesize, > > > > > path, etc. And each custom type has any extra fields that may be > > > > > necessary (width, height, duration, bitrate, etc). > > > > > > Behaviors: > > > > > - FileBehavior > > > > > - ImageBehavior extends FileBehavior > > > > > - VideoBehavior extends FileBehavior > > > > > > The reason I split into multiple tables is for associations. Often I > > > > > want to control what media types are associated with my models. Eg. I > > > > > might want a model to have many images but just one video. Plus, this > > > > > prevents you from having to constantly check the media type if you're > > > > > iterating through one array with multiple media types. > > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Adam > > > > > > On Nov 8, 3:06 am, Marcus Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > I am trying to create system which will let users upload media to > > > > > > the > > > > > > server, the question that I ask is weather using a single table to > > > > > > store the uploaded files is better than using separate tables to > > > > > > store > > > > > > each file type in terms of coding. > > > > > > > Seems to me that if I use the multiple table I will be creating > > > > > > exactly the same data, but in a different table. > > > > > > > Example: audios,videos,images etc.... > > > > > > > My table structure: > > > > > > > CREATE TABLE `uploaded_files` ( > > > > > > `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, > > > > > > `foreign_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, > > > > > > `model` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Associated model name', > > > > > > `media` varchar(55) NOT NULL, > > > > > > `filename` varchar(255) default NULL, > > > > > > `ext` varchar(10) default NULL, > > > > > > `mime` varchar(55) default NULL, > > > > > > `filesize` int(11) NOT NULL, > > > > > > `webpath` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Web path to show file', > > > > > > `full_path` text NOT NULL COMMENT 'Full path to file_src', > > > > > > `hasThumb` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL, > > > > > > `thumbs` text, > > > > > > `width` int(11) default NULL, > > > > > > `height` int(11) default NULL, > > > > > > `description` varchar(155) default NULL, > > > > > > `created` datetime default NULL, > > > > > > `updated` datetime default NULL, > > > > > > PRIMARY KEY (`id`) > > > > > > ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ; > > > > > > > Basically, I am looking for an easy solution that will reduce the > > > > > > amount of code I write.... > > > > > image> > Hope some of you guys can help. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. 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