CakePHP File Upload Component

Installation Place the component in your app/controllers/components/ directory.

Purpose Component that handles file-uploads.

Useage Place upload.php in your CakePHP components directory and follow the example below.

Controller class ExampleController extends AppController { var $name = 'Example'; var $uses = array('Example'); var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form');
var $components = array('Upload');

function add() {
    $this->Upload->set_destination('/_my/_destination/_directory/_from/_document/_root/');
    $this->Upload->extensions = array('jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'png', 'bmp');

    if (!empty($this->data)) {
        $this->Example->set($this->data);

        if( $this->Upload->file_is_uploaded('Example.file') ){  // In view: <?php echo $form->file('Example.file'); ?>
            if( $this->Upload->process('Example.file') ){

                // Upload Success. Uploaded file details are accessible here:
                $this->Upload->info['filename'];  //Name of the file - after upload
                $this->Upload->info['origname'];  //Original name of the file - before upload
                $this->Upload->info['extension']; //File extension/type
                $this->Upload->info['directory']; //Location of file on the server

                $this->Photo->validates();
            }else{
                //Error occurred: The upload component will output an error message using `$this->Session->setFlash`
            }
        }else{
            $this->Session->setFlash('File not uploaded.  Double check that your form has the `enctype="multipart/form-data"` attribute.');
        }           
    } 
}

}

Follow the example above with slight modifications to upload files.