[wp-hackers] Front end file handling

[Alex King]

You may want to take a look at this ticket:

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19629

Cheers,
--Alex

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On Nov 14, 2012, at 5:00 AM, Tom Barrett <tcbarrett at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the hook that is currently failing:
> 
> add_action( 'post_post_update', 'tcb_snoop_post_submission', 10 );
> function tcb_snoop_post_submission( $postarr ){
>  //
> http://www.example.com/wp-content/uploads/supplier-pics/ahgajhvbjhb345345/mypic1.png
>  $picurl = $postarr['supplier_picture'];
> 
>  require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php');
>  require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php');
>  $attach_id = media_sideload_image( $picurl, $postarr['ID'] );  // silent
> fail
> 
>  update_post_meta( $postarr['ID'], 'supplier_picture', $attach_id );
> }
> 
> 
> 
> On 14 November 2012 11:17, Kevinjohn Gallagher <
> kevinjohngallagher at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'd have a look at some of the bbPress stuff.There was some front-end
>> signature/avatar plugins that did something similar (can't find the link I
>> was looking for - sorry)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:33:13 +0000
>>> From: tcbarrett at gmail.com
>>> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>>> Subject: [wp-hackers] Front end file handling
>>> 
>>> The aim is to let users upload a picture, but without using /wp-admin/.
>>> They update a post they own.
>>> 
>>> I already have the file in a subdirectory of uploads. The URL to the file
>>> is stored as a piece of post meta.I want to add the image to the media
>>> library, and attach it to the post being edited.
>>> 
>>> The media sideload functions live in /wp-admin/includes/media.php and are
>>> not loaded on the front end. They in turn need files.php - however, just
>>> including those two files in a hook breaks things (silently on my set
>> up).
>>> 
>>> So, before I start rummaging around more, I thought I'd ask! How to best
>>> sideload from the front end in the above scenario?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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