CreateFormStart Issue

[rbharany1]

Hi

I am a newbie using CMS Made Simple.
I need to create a form which will allow administrators to upload certain files needed for processing data to the front end users.
I am trying to create a module using the module tutorial on the site and have a problem
I am trying to use the CreateFormStart method to create the form and call an action.php file (in this case action.do_upload.php file).
The code I was using is fairly simple as I was just trying to see if the CreateFormStart actually calls the action file on a button submit which will return nothing but an echo telling me that the file has been successfully called.
the code I'm using in the module.php file is as follows:

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echo $this->CreateFormStart($id,"do_upload");
echo $this->CreateInputSubmit($id,"submit","Upload File");
echo $this->CreateFormEnd();

The code of my action.do_upload.php file is as follows:

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<?
  echo ("This is here");
?>

 

The problem I am having is on submit the page is not being called and all I can see is the module header in the admin section.
Nothing is being echoed back to me.
Can somebody please guide me on what I am doing wrong?

[duclet]

You need to post more of the code. Also, posted the generated HTML as well.

[calguy1000]

That code looks valid for an admin side action... as duclet said, we'll have to see more of the files... because it's probably something simple that is wrong somewhere.

[rbharany1]

Hi Guys

Thank you for your reply.
I have managed to sort out this issue, which was that i was actually making this declaration in the main module declaration file under the function action( as was explained in the module tutorial).
I have removed the code from there and set up a new action.defaultadmin.php file which is where I an now writing the following code section

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 echo $this->CreateFormStart($id,"do_upload",$returnid,"post","multipart/form-data");
 echo $this->CreateInputHidden($id,"upload","upload");
 echo "<table>";
 echo "  <tr>";
 echo "    <td>Choose the vacancy file to upload</td>";
 echo "    <td>";
 echo $this->CreateInputFile($id,"uploadedfile","'text/csv','application/csv','application/excel','application/vnd.ms-excel','application/vnd.msexcel'",'25');
 echo "    </td>";
 echo "   </tr>";
 echo "   <tr>";
 echo "    <td colspan=2>";
 echo $this->CreateInputSubmit($id,"submit","Upload File");
 echo "    </td>";
 echo "   </tr>";
 echo "</table>";
 echo $this->CreateFormEnd();

This is now calling the action.do_upload.php file correctly.
However i now have another issue which is....how do I actually access and move the file which is being uploaded. I could do this is php by the following code and actually want to know what is the CMS Made Simple equivilent for this

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//set the destination folder
define('target_path','TestingFile/');

//Test to see if the file has been picked up correctly--comment out before actual deployment
print_r($_FILES);

//Set the allowed files type to be uploaded (currently only CSV file types are allowed)
  $ftypeAllowed = false;
  $fileTypes = array('text/csv','application/csv','application/excel','application/vnd.ms-excel','application/vnd.msexcel');
  //Check to see if the file type being uploaded is the correct type
  foreach($fileTypes as $types){
    if($types == $_FILES['uploadedfile']['type']){
       $ftypeAllowed = true;
        break;
    }
  }

  if($ftypeAllowed){
    $file ="TestFile.csv";  
    move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'],target_path.$file);
    echo("File Uploaded Successfully");
  }
  else{
    echo("This file type is not allowed to be uploaded");
  } 
  

The reason I'm asking is that when the action.do_upload.php file is being called, it seems to me that it is losing the reference of the file input box and returning a null value.
Also if possible could you explaing to me that in this type of scenario is there any way to actually check if a form post has been done or is that taken for granted.

Once again thank you for your help

[calguy1000]

and use cms_move_uploaded_file() which has additional checks for file size, and all that

Also, you'll find it easier if your admin forms use smarty templates too.