Symfony 1.4 sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable customization - image

Question

I am using the sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable widget for my users to upload images.
I would like to see if there's a way to alter the way it works be default. When a user is adding a "new" object, I would like for it to show a generic picture, and when it's an "edit" then it can show the existing pic. I tried writing a PHP conditional statement but that's not working for me because when it's a "new" item I can't pull the parameter "getPicture1" because it doesn't exist.
My widget currently:
$this->widgetSchema['picture1'] = new sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable(array(
'label' => ' ',
'file_src' => '/uploads/car/'.$this->getObject()->getPicture1(),
'is_image' => true,
'edit_mode' => true,
'template' => '<div>%file%<br />%input%</div>',
));

Answer 1

You have two options (the second one is more easy).
First option: create your own sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable and extends the original.
In a file lib/widget/myWidgetFormInputFileEditable.class.php:
class myWidgetFormInputFileEditable extends sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable
{
protected function getFileAsTag($attributes)
{
if ($this->getOption('is_image'))
{
if (false !== $src = $this->getOption('file_src'))
{
// check if the given src is empty of image (like check if it has a .jpg at the end)
if ('/uploads/car/' === $src)
{
$src = '/uploads/car/default_image.jpg';
}
$this->renderTag('img', array_merge(array('src' => $src), $attributes))
}
}
else
{
return $this->getOption('file_src');
}
}
}
Then you need to call it:
$this->widgetSchema['picture1'] = new myWidgetFormInputFileEditable(array(
'label' => ' ',
'file_src' => '/uploads/car/'.$this->getObject()->getPicture1(),
'is_image' => true,
'edit_mode' => true,
'template' => '<div>%file%<br />%input%</div>',
));
Second option: check if the object is new then use the default image.
$file_src = $this->getObject()->getPicture1();
if ($this->getObject()->isNew())
{
$file_src = 'default_image.jpg';
}
$this->widgetSchema['picture1'] = new sfWidgetFormInputFileEditable(array(
'label' => ' ',
'file_src' => '/uploads/car/'.$file_src,
'is_image' => true,
'edit_mode' => true,
'template' => '<div>%file%<br />%input%</div>',
));