I'm using Pure PHP Upload with Advanced Multi Uploader, and having trouble uploading images to dynamic variable folders. Each subfolder should be created according to a session variable, so path statement in PPU server behavior is:

path = "images/case_images/".$_SESSION['AccessionNo'];

The images are all being uploaded to path "images/case_images/" and the variable subfolder is not being created.

Does this work if using PPU with the Multi-Uploader?

I also have 2 instances of Smart Image Processor PHP - one for the large images & the other for the thumbs. Everything works except for the variable folder.

Hello David,

I am using the same method to create dynamic folders and have no problems with that.
Did you make sure the SESSION is created when the upload starts?

Thanks for the quick reply.
I echoed the session at the top of the page before the upload.

I also checked with a recordset binding after moving the PPU SB code block below the recordset, like so:

path = "images/case_images/".$row_rsCase['accession_no'];

Still did not work, but not sure if that's feasible.

Cheers
David

Can you please check the permissions to create folders/files in this folder?
can you also provide a link to your page: my email is

I'll check the create permissions. I'm still on a local testing server using XAMPP, so I can't really give you a link to the page. Get back to you soon.

It does not seem to be a permissions problem. I tried giving the /images/case_images/ folder full control for Users but still no luck. Changed back to default permissions for Users

I changed the path in PPU where 'testsubfolder' does not exist yet.

path = "images/case_images/testsubfolder/"

This works fine - creates the folder, then uploads the images to this new folder.

But still does not work with a variable.

Should I send you the page code?

Please send it to my email:

Hello,

Can you please try setting the session variable in your code like:

<?php $_SESSION['AccessionNo'] = 1234; ?>

And see if a folder named "1234" gets created?

That works! Images stored in new folder 1234
Getting there.

Then it seems to me your session does not take its name properly.

But the session is displayed properly when echoed on the page before the form. Any other ways of testing?

Hello,

Please make sure the Recordset Code is Before:

<?php session_start();?>
<?php $_SESSION['AccessionNo']=$row_Recordset1['name'] ?>

I've tried this using PPU & SIPP2 without using the Adv Multi Uploader, and all works perfectly.

New folder created dynamically from the session like so:

$ppu->path = "images/case_images/".$_SESSION['AccessionNo'];

Large images & thumbs created in this new folder.(2 instances of SIPP2)

The image filename is created in the 'sp_images' table that has a many-to-one relationship with the 'cases' table. There will be several images attached to a case, so ideally I would like to use the AMU for this.

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Back to the page with AMU:

The DW Insert Record SB lists 2 fields: Filename & Filedata that can be bound. What is the Filedata used for? Is that info from the AMU advanced tab?

I also have added 2 hidden fields to the multi-uploader form where values are inserted into the 'sp_images' table from 2 session variables from the linking page:

<input name="case_id" type="hidden" id="case_id" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['WA_add_case']; ?>" />
<input name="imgpath" type="hidden" id="imgpath" value="<?php echo $_SESSION['AccessionNo']; ?>" />

'sp_images' table has 3 fields:

img_id (primary key)
case_id (foreign key)
imgpath (stores folder name)

Any more ideas on why the multi-uploader can't read a session variable or a dynamic binding from the recordset. Is there an issue with this?
As I said it works fine without the AMU.

Cheers
Dave

Any suggestions Teodor?

Hi David,

As i told you in my previous post:
Please make sure the Recordset Code is Before:


<?php session_start();?>
<?php $_SESSION['AccessionNo']=$row_Recordset1['name'] ?>
About the:
The DW Insert Record SB lists 2 fields: Filename & Filedata that can be bound.

The filename hols the uploaded files names and the filedata can be used to save the width/height.

Nope that does not work - I tried that already, before comparing the method with and without AMU. No problem without the AMU - session variable from a previous page is used correctly by path in PPU.

Hello David,

I just tested the following page and the folder defined in the session variable is being created.

<?php require_once('ScriptLibrary/incPureUpload.php'); ?>
<?php session_start(); 
$_SESSION['folder']='Teodor';

?>
<?php
// Pure PHP Upload 2.1.12
$ppu = new pureFileUpload();
$ppu->path = "img/". $_SESSION['folder'];;
$ppu->extensions = "";
$ppu->formName = "UploadQueue";
$ppu->storeType = "file";
$ppu->sizeLimit = "";
$ppu->nameConflict = "over";
$ppu->nameToLower = false;
$ppu->requireUpload = true;
$ppu->minWidth = "";
$ppu->minHeight = "";
$ppu->maxWidth = "";
$ppu->maxHeight = "";
$ppu->saveWidth = "";
$ppu->saveHeight = "";
$ppu->timeout = "600";
$ppu->progressBar = "";
$ppu->progressWidth = "300";
$ppu->progressHeight = "100";
$ppu->redirectURL = "";
$ppu->checkVersion("2.1.12");
$ppu->doUpload();

if (isset($editFormAction)) {
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
	  if (!eregi("GP_upload=true", $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  	  $editFormAction .= "&GP_upload=true";
		}
  } else {
    $editFormAction .= "?GP_upload=true";
  }
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script language='javascript' src='ScriptLibrary/incPureUpload.js' type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language='javascript' src='ScriptLibrary/incPureUpload.js' type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
<?php
//retrieve session data
echo "Folder=". $_SESSION['folder'];
?>
<form action="<?php echo $GP_uploadAction; ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="UploadQueue" id="UploadQueue" onsubmit="checkFileUpload(this,'',true,'','','','','','','');return document.MM_returnValue">
  <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,63,0" width="550" height="350" id="upload1" align="middle">
    <param name="FlashVars" value="url=<?php echo urlencode($GP_uploadAction); ?>&formName=UploadQueue&FlashUpload=true<?php if ($ppu->redirectURL <> '') {echo "&redirectUrl=".$ppu->redirectURL;}?>" />
    <param name="movie" value="dmxMultiUploader.swf" />
    <param name="quality" value="best" />
    <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
    <!--[if !IE]>-->
    <embed src="dmxMultiUploader.swf" name="upload1" quality="best" flashvars="url=<?php echo urlencode($GP_uploadAction); ?>&formName=UploadQueue&FlashUpload=true<?php if ($ppu->redirectURL <> '') {echo "&redirectUrl=".$ppu->redirectURL;}?>" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="350" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    <!--<![endif]-->
  </object>
  <input name="Filename" type="file" style="display:none" onchange="checkOneFileUpload(this,'',true,'','','','','','','')" />
  <input type="hidden" name="Filedata" />
  <script type="text/javascript">window.upload1 = document.forms["UploadQueue"].upload1;</script>
</form>
</body>
</html>

I think i found the problem. I created a page that holds my recordset and there i create a session variable = recordset value. On another page i call the session variable and after that do the upload.

In Firefox it seems to be some sort of caching with the flash and it does not change the upload folder when the session variable value changes.

In chrome this is not an issue. I will check what exactly goes wrong with flash caching and Firefox.

Aah - my setup works perfectly with Chrome and IE8 & 9. I'll wait for the Firefox fix. Almost there!

Thanks a lot
Dave

Any news on the Firefox flash caching issue with Advanced Multi-Uploader?

Cheers
Dave

Still enquiring about the Firefox flash caching issue with Advanced Multi-Uploader using dynamically created folders.

I tried putting some cache-control http response headers at line 1 of the PHP file, but still no luck with Firefox.

<?php
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
header("Cache-Control: no-cache");
header("Pragma: no-cache");
?>

oops just realized this is not going to affect the flash cache!

Just updated AMU to latest version 1.0.5 that is compatible with PPU3.
Now upgraded to PPU3 on this page. Everything works fine in IE 8 9 10 & Chrome but same problem with Firefox & Safari (Win7) not uploading to dynamic folder.

I'm using 3 instances of SIPP2 for 3 different image sizes, but Safari uploads the original image only (no resizing)

Cheers
Dave