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Creating The Upload Form (Codeidniter)

The document describes how to create an upload form in CodeIgniter by: 1. Creating an upload form view with the form helper to generate a multipart form. 2. Creating a success view to display upload data. 3. Creating an Upload controller to handle the upload with a library, validate, and load appropriate views. 4. Creating an uploads directory to store uploaded files.

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Creating The Upload Form (Codeidniter)

The document describes how to create an upload form in CodeIgniter by: 1. Creating an upload form view with the form helper to generate a multipart form. 2. Creating a success view to display upload data. 3. Creating an Upload controller to handle the upload with a library, validate, and load appropriate views. 4. Creating an uploads directory to store uploaded files.

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Creating the Upload Form

Using a text editor, create a form called upload_form.php. In it, place this code and
save it to your application/views/ directory:

<html>
<head>
<title>Upload Form</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php echo $error;?>

<?php echo form_open_multipart('upload/do_upload');?>

<input type="file" name="userfile" size="20" />

<br /><br />

<input type="submit" value="upload" />

</form>

</body>
</html>

You’ll notice we are using a form helper to create the opening form tag. File uploads
require a multipart form, so the helper creates the proper syntax for you. You’ll also
notice we have an $error variable. This is so we can show error messages in the
event the user does something wrong.

The Success Page

Using a text editor, create a form called upload_success.php. In it, place this code
and save it to your application/views/ directory:

<html>
<head>
<title>Upload Form</title>
</head>
<body>

<h3>Your file was successfully uploaded!</h3>

<ul>
<?php foreach ($upload_data as $item => $value):?>
<li><?php echo $item;?>: <?php echo $value;?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

<p><?php echo anchor('upload', 'Upload Another File!'); ?></p>

</body>
</html>
The Controller

Using a text editor, create a controller called Upload.php. In it, place this code and
save it to your application/controllers/ directory:

<?php

class Upload extends CI_Controller {

public function __construct()


{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
}

public function index()


{
$this->load->view('upload_form', array('error' => ' ' ));
}

public function do_upload()


{
$config['upload_path'] = './uploads/';
$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
$config['max_size'] = 100;
$config['max_width'] = 1024;
$config['max_height'] = 768;

$this->load->library('upload', $config);

if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('userfile'))
{
$error = array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors());

$this->load->view('upload_form', $error);
}
else
{
$data = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());

$this->load->view('upload_success', $data);
}
}
}
?>

The Upload Directory

You’ll need a destination directory for your uploaded images. Create a directory at
the root of your CodeIgniter installation called uploads and set its file permissions to
777.

Try it!

To try your form, visit your site using a URL similar to this one:

example.com/index.php/upload/
You should see an upload form. Try uploading an image file (either a jpg, gif, or png).
If the path in your controller is correct it should work.

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