In symfony, I have an entity Program
, which has the attribute image
. Uploading images, naming them and putting them in the right directory is done with the VichUploaderBundle
. The entity looks like this:
//...
/**
* NOTE: This is not a mapped field of entity metadata, just a simple property.
*
* @Assert\Image(
* maxSize="5M",
* mimeTypesMessage="The file you tried to upload is not a recognized image file"
* )
* @Vich\UploadableField(mapping="program_image", fileNameProperty="imageName")
*
* @var File
*/
private $image;
/**
* @ORM\Column(type="string", length=191, nullable=true)
*/
private $imageName;
//...
Now I wish for images to be processed before they are uploaded, which I have done with some JS that returns a base64 string. I put this string in a hidden input field, base64Image
. I then retrieve this string in my controller and try to make it into an image that I can save to my entity like so:
if ($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
$program = $form->getData();
$base64String = $request->request->get('base64Image');
$decodedImageString = base64_decode($base64String);
$program->setImage($decodedImageString);
//etc.....
The program occurs with the last line. $decodedImageString
is actually another string that first needs to be created into a file. I have looked into file_put_contents
to create a file as describer here, but with no luck.
The filename cannot be empty
Is the error I receive. Also I don't know if this would work with the VichUploaderBundle
and perhaps the answer in that question is also outdated. Any suggestions on what I could do?
Edit: Got the converting and uploading working with the following code:
define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'images/');
$img = $request->request->get('base64Image');
$img = str_replace('data:image/jpeg;base64,', '', $img);
$img = str_replace(' ', '+', $img);
$data = base64_decode($img);
$file = UPLOAD_DIR . uniqid() . '.jpeg';
$success = file_put_contents($file, $data);
print $success ? $file : 'Unable to save the file.';
Now I just need to load the VichUploaderBundle config somehow, or maybe not use that altogether perhaps.
An attempt of solution is to transform first the base64 file into a symfony uploadedFile.
<?php
namespace App\Utils;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile;
class UploadedBase64File extends UploadedFile
{
public function __construct(string $base64String, string $originalName)
{
$filePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'UploadedFile');
$data = base64_decode($base64String);
file_put_contents($filePath, $data);
$error = null;
$mimeType = null;
$test = true;
parent::__construct($filePath, $originalName, $mimeType, $error, $test);
}
}
And then this another service to extract the pur base64 string image
<?php
namespace App\Utils;
class Base64FileExtractor
{
public function extractBase64String(string $base64Content)
{
$data = explode( ';base64,', $base64Content);
return $data[1];
}
}
<?php
namespace App\Controller\Api;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\AbstractController;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\Routing\Annotation\Route;
use App\Utils\UploadedBase64File;
use App\Utils\Base64FileExtractor;
class CoreController extends AbstractController
{
/**
* @Route("/images", methods={"POST"}, name="app_add_image")
*/
public function addImage(Request $request, Base64FileExtractor $base64FileExtractor)
{
//...
if($form->isSubmitted() && $form->isValid()) {
$base64Image = $request->request->get('base64Image');
$base64Image = $base64FileExtractor->extractBase64String($base64Image);
$imageFile = new UploadedBase64File($base64Image, "blabla");
$program->setImage($imageFile);
//...
// Do thing you want to do
}
// Do thing you want to do
}
}
/**
* @param null|File $image
* @return Program
*/
public function setImage(?File $image): Program
{
$this->image = $image;
if($this->image instanceof UploadedFile) {
$this->updatedAt = new \DateTime('now');
}
return $this;
}
If you want to validate the image, you should set it directly after handling form and the validation will be done habitually. I hope this idea can help you.