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File uploading, file storage and CakePHPs MediaView class
Written on 2010-01-25 14:36:00 in Uncategorized,
Viewed 2437 times 0 CommentsThis article includes how to upload and store files, because I've seen a lot of discussion about that too, but if you're just interested in how to use the MediaView class scroll down. Handling file uploads in CakePHP First let's start with the required form, to create a file upload form all you have to do is this: echo $form->create('Media', array('action' => 'upload', 'type' => 'file')); echo $form->file('file'); echo $form->submit(__('Upload', true)); The "type" in the options of Form::create() takes post, get or file. To configure the form for file uploading it has to be set to file which will render the form as a multipart/form-data form. When you submit the form now, you'll get data like this in $this->data of your controller: Array( [Media] => Array (
