Level 67
Check if it's a file?
You may determine if a file is present on the request using the hasFile method:
if ($request->hasFile('photo')) {
//
}
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Sep 4, 2018
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Level 3
How to store the file uploaded for a dynamic question of type file?
I have a form that can have dynamic questions of any type (text, checkbox, file, radio button, textarea). To store the answers to these questions there is this code:
if (isset($request['answer'][$ticket][$nameKey])) {
foreach ($request['answer'][$ticket][$nameKey] as $question_id => $answer) {
$answer = Answer::create([
'question_id' => $question_id,
'user_id' => $user->id,
'answer' => $answer,
]);
}
}
But like this if the dynamic question is of type file, is only storing in the answers table like:
id user_id question_id answer
1 5 1 pdftest.pdf
But the file is not being stored in any folder, is only stored the name in db. Do you know what is necessary to detect if its a question of type file? And if it is store the file in some folder so then is possible to access the file?
Level 3
Thanks, but for example the $request->all() shows:
"answer" => array:1 [▼
18 => array:1 [▼
1 => array:1 [▼
4 => "pdftest.pdf"
]
]
]
The pdftest.pdf is the uploaded file for the dynamic question. What should be passed in the hasFile() method to detect that the answer array has 1 or more files as answers?
Level 67
Maybe $request['answer'][$ticket][$nameKey]? is $request the actual request object? Can you tell what kind of type it is by the question_id?
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Level 3
Yes, the questions table has the column "type" and " $request['answer'][$ticket][$nameKey]" is the question_id.
Level 67
what does this show?
foreach ($request['answer'][$ticket][$nameKey] as $question_id => $answer) {
if ($request->hasFile($answer)) {
echo "$question_id has a file<br>";
}
}
I don't want to help sort out your overly complex array stuff, but I did answer your question of "Do you know what is necessary to detect if its a question of type file?". As far as saving it, it's just like the docs show once you know it's a file. You just need to figure out how to access the field in $request.
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Level 3
It shows that the question 4 has a file. But also shows that question 5 has a file but the question id 5 has the column type as "text".
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