Added a new cookbook about file uploading

Author: javiereguiluz

cookbook/controller/index.rst

@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Controller
 
     error_pages
     service
+    upload_file

cookbook/controller/upload_file.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+.. index::
+   single: Controller; Upload; File
+
+How to Upload Files
+===================
+
+.. note::
+
+    Instead of handling file uploading yourself, you may consider using the
+    `VichUploaderBundle`_ community bundle. This bundle provides all the common
+    operations (such as file renaming, saving and deleting) and it's tightly
+    integrated with Doctrine ORM, MongoDB ODM, PHPCR ODM and Propel.
+
+Imagine that you have a ``Product`` entity in your application and you want to
+add a PDF brochure for each product. To do so, add a new property called ``brochure``
+in the ``Product`` entity::
+
+    // src/AppBundle/Entity/Product.php
+    namespace AppBundle\Entity;
+
+    use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+    use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
+
+    class Product
+    {
+        // ...
+
+        /**
+         * @ORM\Column(type="string")
+         *
+         * @Assert\NotBlank(message="Please, upload the product brochure as a PDF file.")
+         * @Assert\File(mimeTypes={ "application/pdf" })
+         */
+        private $brochure;
+
+        public function getBrochure()
+        {
+            return $this->brochure;
+        }
+
+        public function setBrochure($brochure)
+        {
+            $this->brochure = $brochure;
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+    }
+
+Note that the type of the ``brochure`` column is ``string`` instead of ``binary``
+or ``blob`` because it just stores the PDF file name instead of the file contents.
+
+Then, add a new ``brochure`` field to the form that manages ``Product`` entities::
+
+    // src/AppBundle/Form/ProductType.php
+    namespace AppBundle\Form;
+
+    use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
+    use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
+
+    class ProductType extends AbstractType
+    {
+        public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
+        {
+            $builder
+                // ...
+                ->add('brochure', 'file', array('label' => 'Brochure (PDF file)'))
+                // ...
+            ;
+        }
+
+        // ...
+    }
+
+Now, update the template that renders the form to display the new ``brochure``
+field (the exact template code to add depends on the method used by your application
+to :doc:`customize form rendering </cookbook/form/form_customization>`):
+
+.. code-block:: html+jinja
+
+    {# app/Resources/views/product/new.html.twig #}
+    <h1>Adding a new product</h1>
+
+    {{ form_start() }}
+        {# ... #}
+
+        {{ form_row(form.brochure) }}
+    {{ form_end() }}
+
+Finally, you need to update the code of the controller that handles the form::
+
+    // src/AppBundle/Controller/ProductController.php
+    namespace AppBundle\ProductController;
+
+    use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+    use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
+    use AppBundle\Entity\Product;
+
+    class ProductController extends Controller
+    {
+        /**
+         * @Route("/product/new", name="app_product_new")
+         */
+        public function newAction(Request $request)
+        {
+            //...
+
+            if ($form->isValid()) {
+                // $file stores the uploaded PDF file
+                $file = $product->getBrochure()
+
+                // Generate a unique name for the file before saving it
+                $fileName = md5(uniqid()).'.'.$file->guessExtension();
+
+                // Move the file to the directory where brochures are stored
+                $brochuresDir = $this->container->getParameter('kernel.root_dir').'/../web/uploads/brochures';
+                $file->move($brochuresDir, $fileName);
+
+                // Update the 'brochure' property to store the PDF file name instead of its contents
+                $product->setBrochure($filename);
+
+                // ...
+
+                return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('app_product_list'));
+            }
+
+            return $this->render('product/new.html.twig', array(
+                'form' => $form->createView()
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+There are some important things to consider in the code of the above controller:
+
+#. When the form is uploaded, the ``brochure`` property contains the whole PDF
+   file contents. Since this property stores just the file name, you must set
+   its new value before persisting the changes of the entity.
+#. In Symfony applications, uploaded files are objects of the
+   :class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile` class, which
+   provides methods for the most common operations when dealing with uploaded files.
+#. A well-known security best practice is to never trust the input provided by
+   users. This also applies to the files uploaded by your visitors. The ``Uploaded``
+   class provides methods to get the original file extension (:method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile::getExtension()`),
+   the original file size (:method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile::getSize()`)
+   and the original file name (:method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile::getClientOriginalName()`).
+   However, they are considered *not safe* because a malicious user could tamper
+   that information. That's why it's always better to generate a unique name and
+   use the :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile::guessExtension()`
+   method to let Symfony guess the right extension according to the file MIME type.
+#. The ``UploadedFile`` class also provides a :method:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\File\\UploadedFile::move()`
+   method to store the file in its intended directory. Defining this directory
+   path as an application configuration option is considered a good practice that
+   simplifies the code: ``$this->container->getParameter('brochures_dir')``.
+
+You can now use the following code to link to the PDF brochure of an product:
+
+.. code-block:: html+jinja
+
+    <a href="{{ asset('uploads/brochures' ~ product.brochure) }}">View brochure (PDF)</a>
+
+.. _`VichUploaderBundle`: https://github.com/dustin10/VichUploaderBundle

cookbook/map.rst.inc

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
   * :doc:`/cookbook/controller/error_pages`
   * :doc:`/cookbook/controller/service`
+  * :doc:`/cookbook/controller/upload_file`
 
 * **Debugging**