Download or checkout

You can either download the ZIP file:https://github.com/srs81/CakePHP-AjaxMultiUpload/zipball/master

or checkout the code (leave the Password field blank):

` git clone https://srs81@github.com/srs81/CakePHP-AjaxMultiUpload.git `

Put it in the Plugin/ directory

Unzip or move the contents of this to “Plugin/AjaxMultiUpload” under the app root.

Add to bootstrap.php load

Open Config/bootstrap.php and add this line:

`php CakePlugin::load('AjaxMultiUpload'); `

This will allow the plugin to load all the files that it needs.

Create file directory

Make sure to create the correct files upload directory if it doesn’t exist already:<pre> cd cake-app-root mkdir webroot/files chmod -R 777 webroot/files</pre>

The default upload directory is “files” under /webroot - but this can be changed (see FAQ below.)

You don’t have to give it a 777 permission - just make sure the web server user can write to this directory.

Add to controller

Add to Controller/AppController.php for use in all controllers, or in just your specific controller where you will use it as below:

`php var $helpers = array('AjaxMultiUpload.Upload'); `

Add to views

Let’s say you had a “companies” table with a “id” primary key.

Add this to your View/Companies/view.ctp:

`php echo $this->Upload->view('Company', $company['Company']['id']); `

and this to your View/Companies/edit.ctp:

`php echo $this->Upload->edit('Company', $this->Form->fields['Company.id']); `

Dude! No database/table schema changes?

Nope. :) Just drop this plugin in the right Plugin/ directory and add the code to the controller and views. Make sure the “files” directory under webroot is writable, otherwise uploads will fail.

No tables/database changes are needed since the plugin uses a directory structure based on the model name and id to save the appropriate files for the model.

Help! I get file upload or file size error messages!

The default upload file size limit is set to a conservative 2 MB to make sure it works on all (including shared) hosting. To change this:

• Open up Plugin/AjaxMultipUpload/Config/bootstrap.php and change the “AMU.filesizeMB” setting to whatever size in MB you like.
• Make sure to also change the upload size setting ( upload_max_filesize and post_max_size) in your PHP settings ( php.ini) and reboot the web server!

Change directory

Are you stuck to the “files” directory under webroot? Nope.

Open up Config/bootstrap.php under the Plugin/AjaxMultiUpload directory and change the “AMU.directory” setting.

The directory will live under the app webroot directory - this is as per CakePHP conventions.