Question

I am trying to populate an array with a path to a file.

<?php
session_start(session_id());
$galleryID = $_SESSION['newGalleryId'];
    $path_pages = '../../../../data/gallery/' . $galleryID . '/images/album/';
?>

<?php
class UploadHandler
{
    protected $options;

    function __construct($options=null) {
        $this->options = array(
            'script_url' => $this->getFullUrl().'/',
            'upload_dir' => $path_pages,
            'upload_url' => $path_pages,
            'param_name' => 'files'
}
?>

I am using the jQuery-file-upload to upload files to a directory. If I hard code the $galleryID in it works fine, but when I try to plug in the $variable it doesn’t work. Any ideas why the $galleryID is causing me issues.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try:

<?php
session_start();
$galleryID = $_SESSION['newGalleryId'];
$path_pages = '../../../../data/gallery/' . $galleryID . '/images/album/';
?>

Sounds like the $_SESSION is not starting. Adding session_start will instantiate the session and hopefully pull your variable.

Update

You should set your options like so:

<?php
session_start(session_id());
$galleryID = $_SESSION['newGalleryId'];
    $path_pages = '../../../../data/gallery/' . $galleryID . '/images/album/';

$options = array(
            'upload_dir' => $path_pages,
            'upload_url' => $path_pages,
            'param_name' => 'files');

$upload = new UploadHelper($options);
?>

<?php
class UploadHandler
{
    protected $options;

    function __construct($options=null) {
        $this->options = array(
            'script_url' => $this->getFullUrl().'/'
             );
}
?>

Your $path_pages does not have any visibility into the UploadHelper class. Since the class can handle options in the constructor, pass the options when instantiating the class.