[Pabs]

I created a widget to display a file upload form.
works great when I call a widget in any view... but if I try to call multiple instances of that widget in the same view there's something strange that happens..

if I run this code in a view.. every single instance of the widget will use the first definition of the dir variable (i.e. 'dir'=>'docs/results/day4/')

is this normal?

 
$this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day4/')); 
$this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day5/'));
$this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day6/'));

[alirz23]

can you paste your widget code

[Pabs]

in protected/components I have

<?php
class upload extends CWidget
{
    public $dir=NULL;
    
    
	
    public function run()
    {
        // this method is called by CController::endWidget()
		$form = new UploadForm;
		if (isset($_POST['UploadForm'])) {
			if ($form->validate()) {
				$form->image = CUploadedFile::getInstance($form, 'image');
				$file= dirname(Yii::app()->request->scriptFile).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$this->dir.$form->image->name;
				$form->image->saveAs($file);
        }
    }
	$this->render('upload', array('form'=>$form,'dir'=>$this->dir));
    }
}
?>

in protected/components/views I have

<!--protected/views/site/upload.php-->
<div class="yiiForm">
<?php echo CHtml::form('', 'post', array('enctype'=>'multipart/form-data')); ?>
 
<?php echo CHtml::errorSummary($form); ?>
 
<div class="simple">
<?php echo CHtml::activeLabel($form,'image'); ?>
<?php echo CHtml::activeFileField($form, 'image'); ?>
<br/>
<?php echo CHtml::submitButton('Upload'); ?>
</div>
 
<?php echo CHtml::endForm(); ?>
 
</div>

in protected/models/ I have

<?php
// protected/models/UploadForm.php
class UploadForm extends CFormModel {
    public $image;
    
	
 
    public function rules() {
        return array(
            array('image', 'file', 'types' => 'pdf, doc'),
        );
    }
}
?>

then from any view I can cal my widget with this line

<?php $this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day6/')); ?>

and I can make the content of 'dir' whatever I want and it will work. it will upload the file to whatever folder I point it too.

The problems happens when I call the widget more than once in one view, as in:

<?php $this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day6/')); ?>
<?php $this->widget('application.components.upload',array('dir'=>'docs/results/day5/')); ?>

I get 2 forms in my view and regardless which one I use all the files go to the directory set in the first call (in this example they would all go to docs/results/day6/)

that's what I'm trying to figure out.. .why it won't take the setting from the next widget call??

[Paresh Tokekar Kabira]

After submit your form posted twice. Please check following workaround.

Replace protected/component/views/upload.php

<?php echo CHtml::form('', 'post', array('enctype'=>'multipart/form-data')); ?>
with
<?php echo CHtml::form(CHtml::normalizeUrl(array('', 'view'=>$_GET['view'], 'fid'=>$this->id)), 'post', array('enctype'=>'multipart/form-data')); ?>

And protected/upload.php

if (isset($_POST['UploadForm'])) {
with
if (isset($_POST['UploadForm']) && $_REQUEST['fid']==$this->id) {

[Haensel]

It is a good idea in general to assign unique ids to every widget you create. In your case the id could then be used to create a unique name for the underlying form. So if you hit one submit button all forms will be submitted but you are only looking for $_POST[$this->id] to get the right data. That should solve your problem

[Pabs]

thanks guys... I'll try that this weekend..

actually did a work around by using a pop up window to load the widget... it actually fits well for the functionality I was looking for,... but I still want to be able to load multiple instances in one view so I'll try what you guys suggest

I'll post with an update

thanks