Extend Asset Module

kingmaoam

Hi,
I have a requirement to extend the asset module.
In some of my modules where I upload assets the requirement is to encode the image filename.

My idea is to have an extra checkbox in the upload mask "Encrypt/Encode Filename". If this box is ticked then on saving the asset the filename gets encrypted via for example md5($filename) or another method. The upload then should return the new filename.

Is this possible with your asset module? Which files do I have to extend? Or would you propose some postprocessing in the save method of the module for this?

admin

If you are using a file field type for a module or a page layout field, there is an encrypt_name parameter you can use to do this. The global Asset module doesn't have this option though.
http://docs.getfuelcms.com/general/forms#file

kingmaoam

Hi,
I have configured my form field to encrypt the filename
$fields['image'] = array('label' => lang('form_label_image'), 'folder' => 'images/mannschaft', 'accept' => 'jpg|jpeg|png', 'encrypt_name' => TRUE, 'type' => 'file', 'overwrite' => TRUE, 'ignore_representative' => TRUE, 'hide_options' => TRUE );

But when I save a record, the filename is not encrypted... what have I done wrong?

admin

If you set the overwrite value to FALSE, it should work. The names will be unique so the overwrite property won't have any effect.

kingmaoam

Ah, that makes sense :-)
It worked!