how do you upload files using cakephp 1.3

Question

Does anyone have an example on how to upload and process files in cakephp 1.3

I'm currently doing some test, without views (print_r), but I can't seem grab the contents of a file. I was able to grab the file name using $this->param['filename'] , but that's it.

Also, I'm new to cake, but I am working on an old application using the old cakephp framework. Can someone show me the process in uploading a file in cakephp?

I've seen some examples using $this->data , but that doesn't yield any results for me.

Answer 1

Step 1

Create the form like this

 echo $this->Form->create('modelname', array('enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'));
 echo $this->Form->file('fieldname', array('type'=>'file'));
 $this->Form->end(__('Submit')); 

Step 2 in controller

move_uploaded_file($this->request->data['modelname']['fieldname']['tmp_name'],WWW_ROOT.'/foldertosave/filename.extension');

make sure you have permission to move the file.