Filefield Update

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hello everyone,

        I have used fileField for browse the file from client's system. So my code is :





                [b]<?php echo $form->fileField($model, 'music_file'); ?> [/b]

when I create a new record, it is working fine, also stores the uploaded file name in Database and also copy the file in server also. But when I press on Update button, the field is blank, not displaying name of stored file name from Database. I want to display name of stored file name from the Database. Eagerly waiting for your response.

Thanks in Advance!!!!!

2

You can’t specify the content of a file input in HTML. You’ll need to display the name separately.




<? if ($model->music_file): ?>

    <div>Existing file: <?php echo CHtml::encode($model->music_file); ?></div>

<? endif; ?>


<?php echo $form->fileField($model, 'music_file'); ?>

This assumes that the music_file file stores the name. If not, just use the relevant field.

3

Thanks for your reply. But suppose we use Textfield at that time in Update it directly takes stored value from the Database. Such a way, I want to create a field in which it gives directly stored file name.

Thanks…

4

You can’t; it’s a limitation (actually a security feature) of HTML. The file field input can only be populated by user action. See here.