Thanks for the suggestion :)
I was hoping there was a simpler way to do this, by simulating a data
source as that array I'm talking about, instead of actually connecting
to a table in a DB.
The elegant solution would of course be to make a file upload script
in admin and after uploading a new file, the table would also be
updated. However, due to the lack of time and importance of this
implementation, I'm just interested in a quick hack solution :)
Thanks,
Razvan
On Dec 12, 2:42 pm, majna <majna...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tip:
> - use cakeFolderclass methods for files collection and infos
> - save all files info in database table.
> - paginate from this table.
> - you can save last scan time somewhere and scan files, for exmpl,
> every 5 min.
>
> On Dec 12, 11:09 am, r4zv4n <razvanbra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have afolderwhere files are manually uploaded via FTP in the
> > format "YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD.pdf".
>
> > The task is to display these files in a table that will have these
> > fields: "link to file", "start date", "end date", "file size". I will
> > also need to paginate the results and sort by dates / size.
>
> > I've currently done this by using a controller in which I scan the
> >folder, parse the file names and return an array slice to the view, in
> > this format:
>
> > foreach (glob($path_to_files) as $file) {
> > $file_name = substr( $file, ( strrpos( $file, "/" ) +1 ) );
> > $file_list[$i++] = array (
> > 'path'=> $file,
> > 'name' => $file_name,
> > 'size' => filesize($file),
> > 'start' => substr($file_name,
> > 6,2).'/'.substr($file_name,
> > 4,2).'/'.substr($file_name, 0,4),
> > 'end' => substr($file_name,
> > 15,2).'/'.substr($file_name,
> > 13,2).'/'.substr($file_name, 9,4)
> > );
> > }
>
> > I then display the data in the view and use some custom functionality
> > for paginating.
>
> > However, I'm thinking there has to be a better way to do this and use
> > Cake's functions for paginating, sorting, etc.
>
> > How would I feed the data in the format above to a model? I only need
> > "find all" functionality, no add, delete, edit.
>
> > Thanks in advance for any info,
>
> > Razvan
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