PHP Form - Uploading Files, wanting to use Silex but not FormBuilder

Question

I'm using Silex to build an app, though it's not the typical Silex setup.

I've got Mustache as the templating engine.

I'm not using Doctrine for ORM / DBAL, I'm using Capsule (Silex-Eloquent), and am having some serious trouble wrapping my head around this.

Currently I have a form:

<form class="form-horizontal" role="form" action="app.php/listing" method="POST" id="listing-submit">

            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-sm-2" for="title">Listing Title</label>

                <div class="col-sm-6">
                    <input id="title" class="form-control" type="text" size="40" autocomplete="off"
                           data-encrypted-name="title"/>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-sm-2" for="description">Description</label>

                <div class="col-sm-6">
                    <textarea id="description" class="form-control" rows="8"></textarea>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <label class="control-label col-sm-2">Images</label>

                <div class="col-sm-6">
                    <input type="file" name="images[]" id="images" multiple/>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div class="form-group">
                <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-6">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
                </div>
            </div>

        </form>

Which I'm using to select files, though, all the examples I've seen thus far of Silex and file uploading, uses something I'm not to familiar with, and not sure I can make it adapt to my use: The FormBuilder, FormBuilderInterface, registering custom types and all that jazz...

This is the Controller-Part so far:

$app->post("/plisting", function () use ($app) { 

  // $params = $request->all(); 
  $request = $app['request']; 
  $title = $request->get('title'); 
  $description = $request->get('description'); 
  $image = $request->files->get('image'); 

  // $file->move(__DIR__ . '/files', $file->getClientOriginalName()); // return "done"; 

  return "<pre>Class for request: " . get_class($request) . "<br>Title: $title <br>Description: $description<br>File: $image </pre>"; 
});

Note, I'm using ajax to handle to file uploads.

I'm curious if someone is able to walk me through using the setup in place and silex to upload files, or if I should just use non-framework PHP to handle the file uploads?

I'm at a mental block here, and could use a hand; Thanks!

Hi there, could you please provide some code from your ListingController? Where and how do you handle the POST-request for a new listing? — Sebastian G. Marinescu, Sep 21 '15 at 16:12
`$app->post("/plisting", function () use ($app) { // $params = $request->all(); $request = $app['request']; $title = $request->get('title'); $description = $request->get('description'); $image = $request->files->get('image'); return "
Class for request: " . get_class($request) . "
Title: $title
Description: $description
File: $image
"; // $file->move(__DIR__ . '/files', $file->getClientOriginalName()); // return "done"; }); ` The request param doesn't have any return for the file, though the title and description elements are both visible. — Brandon - Parts N Things, Sep 21 '15 at 17:42
Please don't use the comment-field for important code-blocks. I edited your question and hopefully the edit will be accepted. — Sebastian G. Marinescu, Sep 21 '15 at 18:31

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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In order to send files to the server, the browser has to encode its data using multipart/form-data, so you should just try to add the attributeenctype='multipart/form-data' to your form (which currently is missing).

See here for more information.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Sep 22 '15 at 06:45

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Thank you so much! I can't believe I missed that. I'm testing it now and seeing if it works! :) – Brandon - Parts N Things Sep 22 '15 at 10:58
Well it happens to all of us :-) BTW, if my answer helped you, remember to [accept it as a valid answer](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work) in order to close the question. – mTorres Sep 22 '15 at 15:10

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