Creating Dynamic Upload Folders

I posted in this thread before asking about creating dynamic folders
showthread.php?t=17941&highlight=create+folders

This was before I realised thate UE/DFP could create it.

I would like to create a dynamic folder based on a 'categoryname' recordset row. The problem is like in the linked thread is the dynamic file name has spaces in it.

Would you be able to help me integrate preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $string) in my code.

say for example i set my dynamic folder path to

  ../resources/uploads/<?php echo $row_WADAmyrecorset['categoryName']; ?>/  

how would i configure preg_replace to replace spaces with underscores _

Thanks in advance

change:

<?php echo $row_WADAmyrecorset['categoryName']; ?>

to:

<?php echo(preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $row_WADAmyrecorset['categoryName'])); ?>

Hi Jason

How would this look on a form post would it be-

  <?php echo(preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "",((isset($_POST["trainingSeriesTitle"]))?$_POST["trainingSeriesTitle"]:""))) ?>  

for a post it would be:

<?php echo((isset($_POST["trainingSeriesTitle"]))?preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $_POST["trainingSeriesTitle"]):"") ?>

Hi Jason

Could you briefly direct me on how I would use UE/DFP to create a dynamic folder. This Is what i think I should do

1. I have a dynamic menu and I use javascript to put the label in a hidden field
2.in DFP settings for upload folder i put

  ../Media-Library/Resources/<?php echo ((isset($_POST["folderCreate"]))?preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $_POST["folderCreate"]):""); ?>/images/  

folderCreate is the name of my hidden field. When I click submit the folder is not created and my file is not in the database.

Would you be able to help maybe this is not the create procedure

if this is not working I would question whether the javascript is properly sending the value to the hidden form element.

to troubleshot, add the following code at line one of your page:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

ini_set('display_errors','on');

?>

<?php

if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] =="POST") {

  echo("<pre>");

  var_dump($_POST);

  echo("</pre>");

}

?>

this will turn error reporting on so we can see any errors that are occurring, and output the posted values from the form (this is going to cause the headers already sent error to occur, but we can ignore that one) so we can see if the hidden element is being populated by the script..

Hi Jason

The hidden form with javascript is the problem. If validation fails the value on the hidden form element is lost, unless I select the menu item again. I tried using validated binding on the hidden field but it will not work.

This is a sample of the javascript I am using

  The select

<select name="trainingResourceCatID" title="<?php echo(ValidatedField("trainingSeriesInsert_300","trainingResourceCatID")) ?>" onchange="setValue(this.options[this.selectedIndex].text, 'folderCreate');" >
</select>

the hidden field

<input id="folderCreate" type="hidden" name="folderCreate" >

the field

<script type="text/javascript">
function setValue(theVal, theInput){
document.getElementById(theInput).value = theVal;
}
</script>  

If validation passes first time it all works perfectly

which validated entries binding did you use? uses the folderCreate validated entries binding,

Yes thats the one I used but unfortunately it cause the javascript onchange to stop working. Do you happen to know an alternative way I can do this?

I decided to totally scrap the idea of a dynamic folder for now and have reverted back to uploading into a staic image folder.

However I am having further problems. My server validations have stopped working and DFP upload does not work at all. At first my validation was telling me that the file was exceeded the max file size I set. This was not the case. Now it does not work at all. I can only update and insert if I do not upload an image. Could this be because I am using file manager in the same form.

Secondly on update pages, file manager loses its value unless I upload again. Do I need to set a hidden field to store the value like I do on DFP?

I have attached my pages.

Your help is greatly appreciated