In my custom component/admin, in the item edit template I am trying to let the user upload a file.
The problem is that the file is not being passed in my save function. There is not even in the array as key. If I remove the enctype="multipart/form-data" from the form (which is wrong because no file will be passed) then the field comes with the filename as string.
[docfile] => my_file_to_upload.docx but with the enctype="multipart/form-data" then, the result is :
2018-07-28T07:10:12+00:00 DEBUG 127.0.0.1 save_override_function_in_model Data $data : Array ( [id] => 2 [title] => test [alias] => test-test [catid] => 0 [client_id] => 240 [published] => 0 [created] => 2018-07-20 06:07:43 [tags] => ) Here is the form in the tmpl/edit.php
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_comtest&layout=edit&id=' . (int) $this->item->id); ?>" method="post" id="adminForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="form-validate"> <div class="form-horizontal"> <fieldset class="adminform"> <?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.startPane', 'myTab', array('active' => 'details')); ?> <?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.addPanel', 'myTab', 'details', empty($this->item->id) ? JText::_('COM_COMTEST_NEW_CONTRACT', true) : JText::sprintf('COM_COMTEST_EDIT_CONTRACT', $this->item->id, true)); ?> <div class="row-fluid"> <?php echo JLayoutHelper::render('joomla.edit.title_alias', $this); ?> </div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span6"> <?php echo $this->form->renderField('catid'); ?> <?php echo $this->form->renderField('client_id'); ?> <?php echo $this->form->renderField('published'); ?> <?php echo $this->form->renderField('created'); ?> <?php echo $this->form->renderField('docfile'); ?> </div> </div> <?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.endPanel'); ?> <input type="hidden" name="task" value="" /> <?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?> <?php echo JHtml::_('bootstrap.endPane'); ?> </fieldset> </div> </form> The field in the xml models/forms/ is :
<field name="docfile" type="file" label="Select File" description="Select a doc/docx file to upload" size="40" accept=".doc, .docx" /> and here is the overriden save function in the model
public function save($data = null, $key = null) { JRequest::checkToken() or die('Invalid Token'); $file = JFactory::getApplication()->input->get('docfile'); jimport('joomla.filesystem.folder'); jimport('joomla.filesystem.file'); JLog::add('Post $_POST : ' . print_r($_POST, TRUE), JLog::DEBUG, 'save_override_function_in_model'); JLog::add('Data $data : ' . print_r($data, TRUE), JLog::DEBUG, 'save_override_function_in_model'); JLog::add('File $file : ' . print_r($file, TRUE), JLog::DEBUG, 'save_override_function_in_model'); return parent::save($data); } and theese are the log entries from the save function :
2018-07-28T07:18:04+00:00 DEBUG 127.0.0.1 save_override_function_in_model Post $_POST : Array ( [jform] => Array ( [title] => test [alias] => test-test [catid] => 0 [client_id] => 240 [published] => 0 [created] => 2018-07-20 06:07:43 ) [task] => testcom.apply [8c0a826f880ab2cd2842de2040510c6d] => 1 ) 2018-07-28T07:18:04+00:00 DEBUG 127.0.0.1 save_override_function_in_model Data $data : Array ( [id] => 2 [title] => test [alias] => test-test [catid] => 0 [client_id] => 240 [published] => 0 [created] => 2018-07-20 06:07:43 [tags] => ) 2018-07-28T07:18:04+00:00 DEBUG 127.0.0.1 save_override_function_in_model File $file : Array ( [0] => ) 