Re: how to use the formatFileName option of the Uploader plugin of Miles Johnson?

Thank you Miles!
You did a great job with Upolader.

On 8 jan, 23:22, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed my docs are a bit out of date, updated them.
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> On Jan 7, 12:02 pm, franck <noreag...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi guys,
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> > I am a real newbie in cakephp, I used to play with Symfony.
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> > I am trying to use the Uploader plugin of Miles Johnson to upload some
> > pictures and attach them to a table, it sounds very good.
> > I have test it on a simple table named Photos, which has two varchar
> > fields : 'title' and 'uploadPath'.
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> > Everything is ok (after one day), ie I can upload pictures in a
> > specific folders and attach it to the table. But I still can't make
> > the formatFileName option work.
> > As described in his tutorial, my Model/Photo.php looks like :
> > public $actsAs = array(
> >     'Uploader.Attachment' => array(
> >         'fileName' => array(
> >           'name'                => 'formatFilename',  // it doesn't
> > work
> >           'baseDir'             => '',
> >           'uploadDir'           => 'upload',   // it works
> >           'dbColumn'            => 'uploadPath',  // it works
> > .....);
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> > and I created the function formatFileName in the same file (Model/
> > Photo.php):
> > public function formatFilename($name, $field, $file) {
> >      return md5($name);
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> > }
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> > And in my PhotosController, I have the function to add the pictures :
> > public function add() {
> >                 if($this->request->is('post')) {
> >                         $this->Uploader = new Uploader();
> >                         if ($this->Photo->save($this->request->data)) {
> >                                 // Upload successful
> >                                 $this->Session->setFlash('Upload photo succeded');
> >                         } else {
> >                                 $this->Session->setFlash('Unable to upload');
> >                         }
> >                 }
> >   }
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> > But it doesn't work, all my uploaded files are called
> > formatFileName.jpg....
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> > Do you have any idea of what I am doing wrong?
> > Regards,

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