have a Magento module that takes an input and creates a new item off that input. Everything works fine, and I wanted to add a field that would input an image with the item. I made sure to add the corresponding database column, and made sure to make the change every where it would be needed, but when i upload an image through the new input the image field does not send in my post data. I still get an object with all the fields and values from my form but the File field is always omitted. Using $_FILE to try to access it yields nothing also.
Here is the form:
$form = new Varien_Data_Form(array(
'id' => 'edit_form',
'action' => $this->getUrl('*/*/edit', array('embroidery_id' => $this->getRequest()->getParam('embroidery_id'))),
'method' => 'post',
'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'
));
$form->setUseContainer(true);
$this->setForm($form);
$fieldset = $form->addFieldset(
'general',
array(
'legend' => $this->__('Details')
)
);
And here are the fields:
$this->_addFieldsToFieldset($fieldset, array(
'name' => array(
'label' => $this->__('Name'),
'input' => 'text',
'required' => true,
),
'file_t' => array(
'label' => $this->__('File path'),
'required' => false,
'class' => 'disable',
'input' => 'file',
'name' => 'file_t',
'value' => 'file_t',
),
));
Any help or guidance would be appreciated. i already did some googling and looked at all the top results for adding in a file upload field, and I copied some of the code exactly but the post field for the file input is still empty.
For Clarification:
The _addFieldsToFieldset function just loops through the fields array and either fills them in with data or adds the field onto the $fieldset variable. I also tried adding the field straight onto the variable with the following code but it did not work also.
$fieldset->addField('file_t', 'file', array(
'label' => $this->__('File path'),
'required' => false,
'name' => 'file_t',
));
Here is the function that handles the saving. This function does work, it has been tried and tested multiple times when I submitted other forms, and all the fields were successfully saved, and everything was sent through, but whenever I add the file field on, the post data looks exactly the same, and everything still works, it just does not send the file field through the post.
if(isset($_FILES['file_t']['name'])){
echo 'TRUE';
}
var_dump($this->getRequest()->getPost()); exit();
$em->addData($postData);
$em->save();
$this->_getSession()->addSuccess(
$this->__('The embroidery has been saved.')
);
// redirect to remove $_POST data from the request
return $this->_redirect(
'mu_em_admin/embroidery/edit',
array('embroidery_id' => $em->getID())
);
I simplified alot of the code down to only include the important parts. I also have the var_dump function there to troubleshoot the code. The results of var_dump were the whole post array that was sent, except for the file field.
please try to put this form before body end and then submit.
what web browser do you use, and which version of php?
Related
I am using tinymce for to add user cover letter related to the application.
This what my post array look like:
Array
(
[cover_letter] => <p>Test Cover Letter</p>
<ol>
<li>Need to save this data</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Thanks</strong></p>
)
Simply I have used the require validation rule for this.
'candidate_cover_letter' => array(
array(
'field' => 'cover_letter',
'label' => 'Cover Letter',
'rules' => 'required'
)
)
I get the validation error regarding this like Cover Letter require.
I have two main problem:
How to validate HTML post array data
Is this best practice to save data like this? if no then how should i save this data?
First of all, in Codeigniter if we want to do form validations we need to go like this :
$config = array(
array(
'field' => 'username',
'label' => 'Username',
'rules' => 'required'
),
array(
'field' => 'password',
'label' => 'Password',
'rules' => 'required',
'errors' => array(
'required' => 'You must provide a %s.',
),
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);
You can refer here
so, your code here should be like this in the controller:
$config =array(
array(
'field' => 'cover_letter',
'label' => 'Cover Letter',
'rules' => 'required'
)
);
$this->form_validation->set_rules($config);
You can add extra fields in the $config like the example above.
Another thing that you asked, "How you should save the data ?"
I would suggest you to use a field in the database table with type "TEXT" and it should be okay for you.
After you hit submit you get redirected back to your controller somewhere. One way to utilize CI form validation is:
//look to see if you have post data
if($this->input->post('submit')){
//points to applications/config/form_validation.php (look at next chucnk to set form_validation.php)
if($this->_validate('cover_letter')){
//rest of your post logic
//get data to upload to database
$data = [
'cover_letter'=>$this->input->post('cover_letter'),
'user_id'=>$this->input->post('user_id')
];
//save data to database ..also this should be moved to a model
$this->db->insert('name of table to insert into', $data);
}
//if you post doesnt not get validated you will fall here and if you have this chucnk of code in the same place were you have the logic to set up the cover letter you will see a pink message that says what ever error message you set up
}
Set up form validation.php
<?php
$config = [
//set up cover letter validation
//$this->_validate('cover_letter') maps to here and checks this array
'cover_letter' => [
[
'field'=>'cover_letter',
'label'=>'Cover Letter Required',//error message to return back to user
'rules'=>'required'//field is required
],
//example to add additional fields to check
[
'field'=>'observations',
'label'=>'Observations',
'rules'=>'required'
],
],
]
I wonder what I've made wrong, I want to save in db some values whats not come form POST or GET:
public function saveAction()
{
$wikiTable = $this->getServiceLocator()->get('WikiTable');
$data = array('source' => $someVal);
$form = new WikiForm();
$inputFilter = new \MyApp\Form\WikiFilter();
$form->setInputFilter($inputFilter);
$form->setData($data);
$this->saveWiki($form->getData());
//$this->saveWiki($data);
}
WikiFilter:
$this->add(
array(
'name' => 'source',
'required' => false,
'filters' => array(
array('name' => 'StripTags'),
array('name' => 'StringTrim'),
)
)
);
And Form:
$this->add(array(
'name' => 'source',
'type' => 'Zend\Form\Element\Hidden',
'options' => array(
'label' => 'source',
)
));
In response I recive error:
Zend\Form\Form::getData cannot return data as validation has not yet
occurred
After this line:
$form->setData($data);
You need to put the rest of your code into something like this:
if($form->isValid()){
$this->saveWiki($form->getData());
}
Otherwise your form isn't validated and you won't get any data back from it by calling $form->getData()
So whenever you work with a form (not matter if the data come from a POST request or not) make sure to call the function isValid() on the form variable because otherwise you won't get the data back and you will get the error you wrote before
I'm trying to submit a form using PHP and the mailchimp 2.0 api.
I'm getting an error that says:
FNAME must be provided
My form has a field for the first name:
<input type="text" name="fname">
So it must have something to do with the way I am handling it the php side.
Here is the bit of php that handles FNAME:
$result = $MailChimp->call('lists/subscribe', array(
'id' => 'myid',
'email' => array( 'email' => $_POST['email']),
'FNAME' => $_POST['fname'],
'LNAME' => $_POST['lname'],
'double_optin' => false,
'update_existing' => true,
'replace_interests' => false
));
I'm not sure if I'm forming the array correctly or not.
By the way, I'm using this wrapper, but I think my error has to do with how I create $result and not the wrapper.
https://github.com/drewm/mailchimp-api
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Peep the example at the bottom of the page you linked to. I've pasted it here:
$result = $MailChimp->call('lists/subscribe', array(
'id' => 'b1234346',
'email' => array('email'=>'davy#example.com'),
'merge_vars' => array('FNAME'=>'Davy', 'LNAME'=>'Jones'),
'double_optin' => false,
'update_existing' => true,
'replace_interests' => false,
'send_welcome' => false,
));
print_r($result);
Your merge vars (ex. FNAME and LNAME) need to be in its own array. So, add a 'merge_vars' in your array and create an array that contains your field's merge variables.
I'm trying to write a custom action to run off of an admin grid that I have built. Is it possible to send a value from a column in the grid to the controller via either get or post?
I've tried googling, but I cannot find a proper explanation for this anywhere. A link to an explanation of the column settings ('getter', 'type' etc.) would also be useful if this is available.
Add this code to your Grid.php:
$this->addColumn('action',
array(
'header' => Mage::helper('yourmodulename')->__('Action'),
'width' => '100',
'type' => 'action',
'getter' => 'getId',
'actions' => array(
array(
'caption' => Mage::helper('yourmodulename')->__('Edit'),
'url' => array('base'=> '*/*/edit'),
'field' => 'id'
)
),
'filter' => false,
'sortable' => false,
'index' => 'stores',
'is_system' => true,
));
That will build an "Edit" URL with the Id of the selected row as part of the URL. It will look something like <frontname>/<controllername>/edit/id/<value> where value is returned by the getter getId().
The getter field will execute any of the standard Magento magic getters, ie any attribute is gettable. So you could have getName or getProductUrl or getIsLeftHanded if you wanted and your controller can parse the attribute.
The controller can then retrieve that passed value using Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam('attributename');
In terms of documentation/tutorials, have a read of this article on the website of #AlanStorm as it might help.
HTH,
JD
How to make file uploading as optional with validation?
The code below validates even if i didn't selected any file.
I want to check the extension only if i selected the the file.
If i am not selecting any file it should not return any validation error.
class Catalog extends AppModel{
var $name = 'Catalog';
var $validate = array(
'name' => array(
'rule' => '/^[a-z0-9 ]{0,}$/i',
'allowEmpty' => false,
'message' => 'Invalid Catalog name'
),
'imageupload' => array(
'rule' => array('extension',array('jpeg','jpg','png','gif')),
'required' => false,
'allowEmpty' => true,
'message' => 'Invalid file'
),
);
}
thanks in advance
"I assign $this->data['Catalog']['image'] = $this->data['Catalog']['imageupload']['name'];"
So by the time you save your data array, it looks something like this I assume:
array(
'image' => 'foobar',
'imageupload' => array(
'name' => 'foobar',
'size' => 1234567,
'error' => 0,
...
)
)
Which means, the imageupload validation rule is trying to work on this data:
array(
'name' => 'foobar',
'size' => 1234567,
'error' => 0,
...
)
I.e. the value it's trying to validate is an array of stuff, not just a string. And that is unlikely to pass the specified validation rule. It's also probably never "empty".
Either you create a custom validation rule that can handle this array, or you need to do some more processing in the controller before you try to validate it.
Concept:
In Controller, before validating, or saving (which does validation automatically by default) check if any file is uploaded. If not uploaded, then unset validator for the file field.
Sample code:
Controller
// is any image uploaded?
$isNoFileUploaded = ($this->request->data['Model']['field_name']['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE) ? true : false ;
if ($isNoFileUploaded) {
$this->Model->validator()->remove('field_name');
}
Notes:
This solution comes under preprocessing as one of the two alternative approaches (preprocessing in controller, custom validation in model) suggested by #deceze's answer