[wp-hackers] Uploading image attachments from the front-end

[Otto]

Sideload is where you "upload" a file from somewhere else on the web.
So it'll go grab that file from a website URL that you give it.


-Otto
Sent from Memphis, TN, United States


On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Matthew Gerring <mgerring at emrl.com> wrote:
> Finally found that function just now, but I'm leaning towards using
> media_handle_sideload.
>
> On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Leo germani wrote:
>
>> I think you should use media_handle_upload()
>>
>> Leo,,
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Matthew Gerring <mgerring at emrl.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm working on a collaborative editing system for WP and I'm trying to
>>> figure out how to access WP's media features from the frontend.
>>> wp_insert_attachment works just fine, but if I try to generate a
>>> thumbnail
>>> or the image metadata, WP shuts down and stops loading the page. I think
>>> this is because these functions are only supposed to run from the admin
>>> area
>>> but I'm not sure. This is what my code looks like:
>>>
>>> function sw_photo_upload() {
>>> if ($_FILES != null) {
>>> $upath = wp_upload_dir();
>>> $target_path = $upath['path'].'/';
>>> $target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
>>> $target_uri = $upath['url'].'/'.basename(
>>> $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
>>> if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path))
>>> {
>>>  echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name'])." has been
>>> uploaded";
>>>  echo $target_path;
>>>  $attach = array();
>>>  $attach['guid'] = $target_uri;
>>>  $attach['post_title'] = basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);
>>>  $attach_id = wp_insert_attachment($attach, $target_uri,
>>> $_POST['parent']);
>>>  wp_create_thumbnail($attach_id, '90');
>>>  //wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $target_path );
>>> } else {
>>>  echo "There was an error uploading ".$_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']."
>>> to ".$target_path.". PHP returned the following error:
>>> ".$_FILES['uploadedfile']['error'];
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> There's lots of debugging stuff in there and I'm sure it's very sloppy,
>>> but
>>> I don't understand why wp_create_thumbnail causes everything to crash. It
>>> executes just fine if I comment that line out, but I want to use WP's
>>> built
>>> in thumbnail generation. Is there a good way to do this?
>>>
>>> (And yes, I know this needs security improvements, that's my next step
>>> once
>>> it's working).
>>>
>>> -Matthew
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>>
>>
>>
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