Hello Readers, In this blog tutorial we will explain how to upload Image in CakePHP using component.

Create a file called UploadComponent.php (path:app/controller/component) & paste the following code.

     <?php    
    class UploadComponent extends Component {
        public function start_upload($file_Details) {
         print_r($file_Details);
            $filename = ($file_Details['name']);
            $filename = time().$filename;
            $file_path =   WWW_ROOT  . 'My/'.$filename;
            move_uploaded_file($file_Details['tmp_name'],$file_path);
            return $filename;
         }
          }
    ?>

WWW_ROOT. 'My'; //set webroot path with the folder name (My) where the file is to be uploaded.

time().$filename; //Append the random no before the file name.

Create a file UsersController.php (path:app/controller/) & paste the below function code in your UsersController class

    public function uploadfile() {
      $file_name1 = '';
      if ($this->request->is('post')) {
      $file_name1=$this->Upload->start_upload($this->data['uploadFile']['pdf_path']);   
            $data=array();
            $data['User']['id'] = CakeSession::read("Auth.User.id");
            $data['User']['imagename'] = $file_name1;
            $this->User->save($data);       // save the file path in database
            echo $data['User']['id']." + ".$data['User']['imagename'];
             }
      $this->set('image',$file_name1);
    }

Create a file called uploadfile.ctp (Path: app/view/users ) & paste the following code.
  

  <div class="users view">
    <h2><?php echo('User'); ?></h2>
    <?php
    echo $this->Form->create('uploadFile', array('type' => 'file'));
    echo $this->Form->input('pdf_path', array('type' => 'file','label' => 'Pdf'));
    echo $this->Form->end('Upload file');
    $image_src = $this->webroot.'img/'.$image;
    ?>
    <img src="<?php echo $image_src;?>">
    </div>