Upload Add Form

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Last Post: December 28, 2012   (RSS)

By design9 - July 28, 2011

I am using the uploadaddform.php so users can upload their photo to a photo gallery I have created.

It works great but it outputs the array on the user form page. Should that be hidden? What do I need to input so that doesn't show on the form?

See example:

http://www.charlotteparent.com/photos/form.php



How do you add additional fields that you have created so that is written to database like the title field? I have some basic additional fields like name, email in the form that I want to add (and are in my section editor). Also, how would I add the category dropdown that I have created in the backend (I used the advanced list option to pull that dropdown into my backend photo section). I want to include this same dropdown on the form that users submit to upload their photo and information so it automatically applies it to that category in database/backend.


Thanks!

April
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Re: [design9] Upload Add Form

By Jason - July 29, 2011

Hi April,

To get rid of the "Array()" at the top of the page remove this line:

print_r($_FILES);

You have to manually add fields to the form. For example, if you have a drop down in your section called category, you can add it like this:

<tr>
<td valign="top">Title</td>
<td><input class="text-input medium-input" type="text" name="title" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars(@$_REQUEST['title']) ?>" size="30" /></td>
</tr>


<tr>
<td valign="top">Category</td>
<td>
<select name = "category">
<?php foreach (getListOptions('tableName', 'category') as $value => $label): ?>
<option value = "<?php echo $value;?>" <?php selectedIf($value, @$_REQUEST['category']);?>> <?php echo $label;?> </option>
<?php endforeach ?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>


You have to change 'tableName' with the name of your table.

you can then add this to the sql query like this:

$query = "INSERT INTO `{$TABLE_PREFIX}$tableName` SET
createdDate = NOW(),
createdByUserNum = '" .intval( @$CURRENT_USER['num'] ). "',
updatedDate = NOW(),
updatedByUserNum = '" .intval( @$CURRENT_USER['num'] ). "',
category = '".mysql_escape(@$_REQUEST['category'])."',
title = '".mysql_escape( $_REQUEST['title'] )."'";


Hope this helps.
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Re: [Jason] Upload Add Form

By Toledoh - August 3, 2011

In the accounts table, I have a multi item list field "project" that looks up
table: project_list
value: num
label: title

In an update form, I use the following code to display a radio list;

<td>
<?php $fieldname = 'category'; ?>
<?php $idCounter = 0; ?>
<?php foreach (getListOptions('accounts', $fieldname) as $value => $label): ?>
<?php $id = "$fieldname." . ++$idCounter; ?>
<input type="radio" name="<?php echo $fieldname ?>" id="<?php echo $id ?>"
value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($value) ?>" <?php checkedIf(@$_REQUEST[$fieldname], $value) ?> />
<label for="<?php echo $id ?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($label) ?></label><br/>

<?php endforeach ?>
</td>


How do I show in the form only the items selected in the admin for that user?

So the projects may be project a, project b, project c. That user has been identified to have access to project a and project b, not project c. When they use the form, I don't want them to be able to see "project c".
Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

Re: [Toledoh] Upload Add Form

By Jason - August 4, 2011

Hi Tim,

Assuming that the $value in your loop will match the "num" stored in project, you can convert the project stored in CURRENT_USER into an array and check to see if the current $value matches anything stored in that array.

I did notice that you're outputting your radio buttons from the "category" field. Does that match the "project" field?

Here is an example of the code you can use:

<td>
<?php
$fieldname = 'category';
$idCounter = 0;
$selectedProjects = explode("\t", trim($CURRENT_USER['project'], "\t"));
?>
<?php foreach (getListOptions('accounts', $fieldname) as $value => $label): ?>
<?php if (!in_array($value, $selectedProjects)) { continue; } ?>

<?php $id = "$fieldname." . ++$idCounter; ?>
<input type="radio" name="<?php echo $fieldname ?>" id="<?php echo $id ?>"
value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($value) ?>" <?php checkedIf(@$_REQUEST[$fieldname], $value) ?> />
<label for="<?php echo $id ?>"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($label) ?></label><br/>

<?php endforeach ?>
</td>


Hope this helps
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Re: [Jason] Upload Add Form

By Toledoh - August 4, 2011

perfect!
Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

Re: [Jason] Upload Add Form

By gkornbluth - October 31, 2011 - edited: October 31, 2011

Hi Jason, April, Tim and everyone,

I'm also implementing the UploadAddForm concept for a photo upload application.

My client would like to allow multiple images to be simultaneously selected while browsing, and then all of them uploaded when the form is submitted (the way the flash uploader works).

Any ideas on how to do that?

If I can do that, then the "upload" step can be eliminated and the record will be automatically saved after all the images have been uploaded.

I'd also like to be able to check for missing "required" fields before an upload. Right now the errors only appear after a (possibly very large) image has been uploaded.

I've tried juggling the logic, but the only success I've had is getting the "required field" errors to show up when the form loads initially.

Thanks,

Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Upload Add Form

By Toledoh - October 31, 2011

Don't know about multiple uploads, but re validation, howabout http://www.position-absolute.com/articles/jquery-form-validator-because-form-validation-is-a-mess/
Cheers,

Tim (toledoh.com.au)

Re: [Toledoh] Upload Add Form

By gkornbluth - November 1, 2011

Thanks Tim,

Looks interesting.

Jerry Kornbluth
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Re: [gkornbluth] Upload Add Form

By Codee - November 12, 2012

Did you ever get a solution for this that you could share? Thanks!