Uploading Files and Images

$filemanager = new filemanager();

// Heading.
$this->template->heading(_('Upload Example.'));
$this->template->info(_('Shows how you can upload and list files.'));
 
// Call filemanager.
$filemanager = new filemanager();
 
// Set some parameters, have a look at the API for more.
$filemanager->allowed_ext = 'default'; // Will load extentions as set in General Settings GUI
$filemanager->alias = 'myfiles'; // Group by this alias
$filemanager->sub_id = '1'; // Can be set to an id accommodating a forms database id for instance so one could easily locate it when loading data.
$filemanager->convert_pdf = false; // This will convert PDF files to images, smart, I know.
// Upload required files.
try {
	// Upload required files.
	if ($filename = $filemanager->auto_upload('file1')) {
		$this->template->ok(sprintf(_('File %s was uploaded'), $filename));
	}
} catch (error $e) {
	$e->warning();
}
 
// Lets load the files uploaded so far!
$uploaded_files_array = $filemanager->load_files(false, 'myfiles', '1', false, 'file_id DESC', '0,3');
 
// Loop results of uploaded files.
foreach ($uploaded_files_array as $files) {
	$u_arr[] = array(
		'download_file' => $files['download_file'],
		'thumbnail' => $files['thumbnail'],
		'original_filename' => $files['original_filename']
	);
}
 
// Assign Variables.
$this->template->set('self_url', $this->navigation->self_url());
$this->template->set('u_arr', $u_arr);
$this->template->set('absolute_url', $this->configuration['absolute_url'] . '/');
$this->template->show();

	/**
	 * Should file uploads be logged to the database.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 *
	 * @var boolean
	 */
	public $log_uploads = 'default';
	/**
	 * The default upload relative path for files.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : myupload
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $default_upload_directory = 'default';
	/**
	 * Set permission for newly uploaded files.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : 0777
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $cmod = 'default';
	/**
	 * The maximum allowed file upload size.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : 1000 (1kb)
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $max_filesize = 'default';
	/**
	 * The maximum allowed image upload size.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : 1000 (1kb)
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $max_imagesize = 'default';
	/**
	 * The allowed extentions for uploads.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : jpg,png,gif
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $allowed_ext = 'default';
	/**
	 * Should thumbnails be created on image uploads.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 *
	 * @var boolean
	 */
	public $do_create_thumb = 'default';
	/**
	 * Image quality of converted images.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Example : 80
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $image_quality = 'default';
	/**
	 * Typical resize type for thumbnails.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Options : resize | resizepercent | cropfromcenter | crop
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $thumbnail_type = 'default';
	/**
	 * Resize by pixels.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * [Max Width, Max Height] example (resize image to no wider than 250 pixels wide and 250 pixels high) : 250,250
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $resize_thumb_dimension = 'default';
	/**
	 * Resize by percentage.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * [Percentage] example (reduce the image by 50%) : 50
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $resize_thumb_percent = 'default';
	/**
	 * Crop from center.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * [Crop Size] example (create a 100x100 pixel crop from the center of an image) : 100
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $crop_thumb_fromcenter = 'default';
	/**
	 * Crop by measure.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * [startX, startY, width, height] example (create a 100x50 pixel crop from the top left corner of an image) : 0,0,100,50
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $crop_thumb_dimension = 'default';
	/**
	 * Add thumb reflections.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 *
	 * @var boolean
	 */
	public $do_thumb_reflect = 'default';
	/**
	 * Reflection options.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 * Data fields expected are [[Percentage of image], [Reflection percentage], [Transparency of reflection], [Set Border], [Border Color]. Example : 40,40,80,true,#a4a4a4
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $thumb_reflect_settings = 'default';
	/**
	 * This option will shrink a large image to a smaller then original viewable image. This should be larger then a thumbnail in most cases as this is the image the user can see when clicking on a thumbnail.
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 *
	 * @var boolean
	 */
	public $do_create_resize_image = 'default';
	/**
	 * [Max Width, Max Height] example (resize image to no wider than 500 pixels wide and 500 pixels high) : 500,500
	 * Default will load settings from database.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $resize_image_dimension = 'default';
	/**
	 * An alias to group the images with in a certain application.
	 * Will use active plugin name if left empty.
	 *
	 * @var string
	 */
	public $alias;
	/**
	 * Groups file upload by menu id.
	 * Will use active menu id if left empty.
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $menu_id;
	/**
	 * Groups file uploads to a specific document.
	 * Will use active menu id if left empty.
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $sub_id;
	/**
	 * The group a file batch belongs to.
	 * Will use uploaders primary group id if left empty.
	 *
	 * @var int
	 */
	public $group_id;
	/**
	 * Convert pdf to image using convert in Linux.
	 * Please note imagemagick needs to be installed on Linux server.
	 *
	 * @var boolean
	 */
	public $convert_pdf = false;
	/**
	 * Choose the density image will be converted to from pdf.
	 *
	 * @var integer
	 */
	public $convert_density = '300';
	/**
	 * When converting to pdf with multiple pages, image copies will be stored here.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	public $image_copies = array();
	/**
	 * This method simply renames the file to unix standards.
	 *
	 * @param string $filename
	 * @param string $replace Replace odd characters with what?
	 */