codeigniter upload image with other data - codeigniter

Question

I have a form am submitting and user has the ability to upload a picture in that form then submit the form as whole. I found a tutorial on codeigniter site showing upload form (dedicated only to upload, not other data along). link is: Codeigniter Upload Tutorial. How can I submit the form and then upload the files while also uploading other details to other table in database?

Answer 1

Below is an example
function add_staff(){
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
// field name, error message, validation rules
$this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Full name', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('designation', 'Last Name', 'trim|required');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
$data['main_content'] = 'staff/add_staff';
$this->load->view('admin/template',$data);
}
else
{
$config['upload_path'] = 'uploads/staff/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png|jpeg';
$this->load->library('upload', $config);
$this->upload->initialize($config);
if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('file'))
{
$data['error'] = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());
$new_staff = array(
'name' => $this->input->post('name'),
'designation' => $this->input->post('designation'),
'phone' => $this->input->post('phone'),
'email' => $this->input->post('email'),
'address' => $this->input->post('address'),
'description' => $this->input->post('description'),
'status' => $this->input->post('status')
);
}
else
{
$file_data = $this->upload->data('file');
$new_staff = array(
'name' => $this->input->post('name'),
'designation' => $this->input->post('designation'),
'phone' => $this->input->post('phone'),
'email' => $this->input->post('email'),
'address' => $this->input->post('address'),
'photo' => $file_data['file_name'],
'description' => $this->input->post('description'),
'status' => $this->input->post('status')
);
}
if($this->staff_model->add_staff($new_staff)):
$this->session->set_flashdata('success', 'Staff added Sucessfully !!');
endif;
redirect('admin/staff');
}
}

Answer 2

you can pass in other data as well along with file form your form to controller, like
<?php echo form_open_multipart('upload/do_upload');?>
<input type="text" name="someField" value="" />
<input type="file" name="userfile" size="20" />
<input type="submit" value="upload" />
</form>
and in your upload controller's do_upload function:
$someField = $this->input->post("somefield"); //save to some db
//and rest of your file to be uploaded code from the same link you provided
Did you mean something like this

Answer 3

Image MOO is a excellent library that can accomplish image manipulations on the fly....
e.g for resizing the uploaded image to a particular path, you just have to do this
public function thumbnailer($uploader_response,$field_info,$files_to_upload)
{
$this->load->library('image_moo');
$file_uploaded=$field_info->upload_path.'/'.$uploader_response[0]->name;
$thumbnails=$field_info->upload_path.'/thumbnails/'.$uploader_response[0]->name;
$cart_thumbnails=$field_info->upload_path.'/cart_thumbnails/'.$uploader_response[0]->name;
$this->image_moo->load($file_uploaded)->resize(400,250)->save($thumbnails,false);
}
Hope this helps !!