Editor example File upload

This example shows Editor being used with the upload fields type to give end users the ability to upload a file in the form. The upload field type allows just a single file to be uploaded, while its companion input type uploadMany provides the ability to have multiple files uploaded for a single field.

The upload options of Editor are extensively documented in the manual (Javascript, PHP, .NET and NodeJS) and details the various options available.

In this example an image file can be uploaded, limited to 500KB using server-side validation. To display the image a simple img tag is used, with information about the file to be displayed retrieved using the file() method which Editor makes available and is automatically populated based on the server-side configuration.

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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

var editor; // use a global for the submit and return data rendering in the examples
 
$(document).ready(function() {
    editor = new $.fn.dataTable.Editor( {
        ajax: "../../controllers/upload.php",
        table: "#example",
        fields: [ {
                label: "First name:",
                name: "first_name"
            }, {
                label: "Last name:",
                name: "last_name"
            }, {
                label: "Phone #:",
                name: "phone"
            }, {
                label: "City:",
                name: "city"
            }, {
                label: "Image:",
                name: "image",
                type: "upload",
                display: function ( file_id ) {
                    return '<img src="'+editor.file( 'files', file_id ).web_path+'"/>';
                },
                clearText: "Clear",
                noImageText: 'No image'
            }
        ]
    } );
 
    var table = $('#example').DataTable( {
        dom: "Bfrtip",
        ajax: "../../controllers/upload.php",
        columns: [
            { data: "first_name" },
            { data: "last_name" },
            { data: "phone" },
            { data: "city" },
            {
                data: "image",
                render: function ( file_id ) {
                    return file_id ?
                        '<img src="'+editor.file( 'files', file_id ).web_path+'"/>' :
                        null;
                },
                defaultContent: "No image",
                title: "Image"
            }
        ],
        select: true,
        buttons: [
            { extend: "create", editor: editor },
            { extend: "edit",   editor: editor },
            { extend: "remove", editor: editor }
        ]
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

				<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
					<thead>
						<tr>
							<th>First name</th>
							<th>Last name</th>
							<th>Phone #</th>
							<th>City</th>
							<th>Image</th>
						</tr>
					</thead>
					<tfoot>
						<tr>
							<th>First name</th>
							<th>Last name</th>
							<th>Phone #</th>
							<th>City</th>
							<th>Image</th>
						</tr>
					</tfoot>
				</table>

Editor submits and retrieves information by Ajax requests. The two blocks below show the data that Editor submits and receives, to and from the server. This is updated live as you interact with Editor so you can see what is submitted.

Submitted data:

The following shows the data that has been submitted to the server when a request is made to add, edit or delete data from the table.

// No data yet submitted

Server response:

The following shows the data that has been returned by the server in response to the data submitted on the left and is then acted upon.

// No data yet received

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