Question

Just wondering can anyone tell me how to access the file field variable in drupal? I can access the rest of the node’s variabels with the following php:

$node->field_event[0][‘value’];

But I do not know how to access the content of a file field called field_pdf.

I know it is created with something like:

$node->field_pdf = array(
array(
‘fid’ => $file->fid,
‘title’ => basename($file->filename),
‘filename’ => $file->filename,
‘filepath’ => $file->filepath,
‘filesize’ => $file->filesize,
‘mimetype’ => $mime,
‘description’ => basename($file->filename),
‘list’ => 1,
),
);

I solved thie problem with the following snippet:

$node->field_pdf[0][‘filepath’];

Hope this helps somebody.

j

Answer 1

I am not 100% sure I got what your doubt is, however on a node with a file_field (a series of PDF attachments in my case) the $node object has a property called files which structure is like this:

[files] => Array
    (
        [190] => stdClass Object
            (
                [fid] => 190
                [uid] => 1
                [filename] => attachmentname.pdf
                [filepath] => sites/default/files/attachmentname_0.pdf
                [filemime] => application/pdf
                [filesize] => 295159
                [status] => 1
                [timestamp] => 1255855095
                [nid] => 36644
                [vid] => 36603
                [description] => attachmentdescription
                [list] => 1
                [weight] => 0
            )

I also suggest you install drupalforfirebug this is an awesome module that – in combination with firebug – allows you to see the structure of all your nodes / forms / user objects, etc… very handy!

HTH.

PS: If this is not what you are looking for, please specify in a comment how can I help better.