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handleUpload function to deal with file uploads in CakePHP

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  2. $error = $this->handleFileUpload($importFile, $importFile['name']);
  3.  
  4. function handleFileUpload($fileData, $fileName) 
  5. { 
  6. 	$error = false; 
  7. 	//Get file type 
  8. 	$typeArr = explode('/', $fileData['type']); 
  9.  
  10. 	print_r($typeArr);
  11. 	//If size is provided for validation check with that size. Else compare the size with INI file 
  12. 	if (($this->validateFile['size'] && $fileData['size'] > $this->validateFile['size']) || $fileData['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_INI_SIZE) 
  13. 	{ 
  14. 		$error = 'File is too large to upload'; 
  15. 	} 
  16. 	elseif ($this->validateFile['type'] && (strpos($this->validateFile['type'], strtolower($typeArr[1])) === false))
  17. 	{ 
  18. 		//File type is not the one we are going to accept. Error!! 
  19. 		$error = 'Invalid file type'; 
  20. 	} 
  21. 		else 
  22. 	{ 
  23. 		//Data looks OK at this stage. Let's proceed. 
  24. 		if ($fileData['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_OK) 
  25. 		{ 
  26. 			//Oops!! File size is zero. Error! 
  27. 			if ($fileData['size'] == 0) 
  28. 			{ 
  29. 				$error = 'Zero size file found.'; 
  30. 			} 
  31. 			else 
  32. 			{ 
  33. 				if (is_uploaded_file($fileData['tmp_name'])) 
  34. 				{ 
  35. 					//Finally we can upload file now. Let's do it and return without errors if success in moving. 
  36. 					if (!move_uploaded_file($fileData['tmp_name'], WWW_ROOT.'/files/'.$fileName)) 
  37. 					{ 
  38. 		 				$error = true; 
  39. 					} 
  40. 				} 
  41. 				else 
  42. 				{ 
  43. 					$error = true; 
  44. 				} 
  45. 			} 
  46. 		} 
  47. 	} 
  48. 	return $error; 
  49. }
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