Question

I am using CKEditor with KCFinder – i’d like to have personal upload files based on a dynamic value.

I’d like to dynamically change the folder that users can upload based on a SESSION value once they are logged in.

Once logged in i’d like to restrict the folder that a user can access via the KCFinder plugin
So eg..

User abc their path would be abc/images
User foo their path would be foo/images
User abc cannot see foo's images & vice-versa

Answer 1

I had the same issue and to make things worse it depends on who logged in, administrator or a standard member.

Granted I integrated it into TinyMCE but I think the principles are the same

Here is my solution to the problem

My folder structure is

/my_uploads/media

/my_uploads/media/member_folder

1. Initialise the php session at the top of the config.php file

   session_start()

2. Edit the ‘types’ => array and comment out all the different ‘types’

   // CKEditor & FCKEditor types
   // 'files'   =>  "",
   // 'flash'   =>  "swf",
   // 'images'  =>  "*img",
   
   // TinyMCE types
   // 'files'    =>  "",
   // 'media'   =>  "swf flv avi mpg mpeg qt mov wmv asf rm",
    // 'image'   =>  "*img",
   

3. Add the following ‘type’ to the array

   $_SESSION[‘fold_type’] => “*img swf flv avi mpg mpeg qt mov wmv asf rm”,

4. Save your config.php file

5. Open your application page where you initialise your editor and call KCFinder

6. Before initialising your editor, add the following lines declaring the various KCFinder variables

   $_SESSION['KCFINDER'] = array();
   $_SESSION['KCFINDER']['disabled'] = false; // Activate the uploader,
   $_SESSION['KCFINDER']['uploadURL'] = "/uploads"; 
   $_SESSION['fold_type'] = "media"; 
   

or

    $_SESSION['KCFINDER'] = array();
    $_SESSION['KCFINDER']['disabled'] = false; // Activate the uploader,
    $_SESSION['KCFINDER']['uploadURL'] = "/my_uploads/media/Members";
    $_SESSION['fold_type'] = "member_account_number_pulled_from_secure_session_variable";

7 Leave the line where you call the uploader like this;

   file: '../tiny_mce/plugins/kcfinder/browse.php?opener=tinymce',

Set upload folder dynamically for KCFinder