Custom image upload path (_image and _image_upload)

tw12lve · February 2011

I've built a function that allows me to set a custom image path for images to upload into and for the asset selector to pull from. This goes in a model


function asset_custom_path_upload(&$fields,&$values, $field_name, $custom_path, $field_type='images'){
		global $__FUEL_CUSTOM_IMAGE_ORDER;
		if(empty($__FUEL_CUSTOM_IMAGE_ORDER)) $__FUEL_CUSTOM_IMAGE_ORDER = 100;
		
		$config_asset = array(
			'class'=>'asset_select '.$field_type.'/' . $custom_path,
			'order'=> $__FUEL_CUSTOM_IMAGE_ORDER++
		);
		$config_upload = array(
			'type' => 'file',
			'label'=>	'OR Upload a new image',
			'upload_path' => assets_server_path($custom_path, $field_type),
			'overwrite' => TRUE,
			'order'=> $__FUEL_CUSTOM_IMAGE_ORDER++
		);
		
		$img = '<div class="img_display"><img src="'.assets_path().$field_type.'/%s" style="float: right;"/></div>';
		
		$config_upload['before_html'] = (!empty($values[$field_name])  ? sprintf($img, $custom_path . $values[$field_name]) : "");
		$fields[$field_name] = $config_asset;
		$fields[$field_name . '_upload'] = $config_upload;
}

Basically it just adds the needed field config for both the field and _upload counterpart.

My question is, how can I get the _upload field to follow directly after my _image field? It seems the the _upload fields are added after all my database fields are converted into the form. The code I have above works, it just puts the file selector at the end where I'd like it to be grouped with each image field.

admin · February 2011

There is an 'order' parameter you can set for the field which should help where it is located in the form.

tw12lve · February 2011

Oh awesome. That works great.

If anyone else is interested in using this function, it allows you to set a custom upload path and asset path with one line. Add the above function to your model, and call it in form_fields using


	$this->asset_custom_path_upload(
		$fields, $values,		// Reference to fields & values arrays
		"field_name",  		// DB column name
		"path/to/use/",		// With trailing slash
		"images"			// [optional] images,pdf,etc
	);

It will then place the specified field uploaders at the end of your form and sandbox the user in a specific directory.

Thanks "admin" (David right?)

admin · February 2011

You're welcome... (and David is my name)

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