Codeigniter PDF File Upload

PDF File Upload Codeigniter Framework mostly discussed previously and this post is about uploading files in Codeigniter has upload library by using this class we can upload file on server very easily. Codeigniter session Storage

Codeigniter PDF File Upload

<?php
echo $error;
echo form_open_multipart('upload/do_upload');
echo form_input(array('type' => 'file','name' => 'userfile'));
echo form_submit('submit','upload');
echo form_close();
?>

Controller method you need to set some config setting like uploading path, allowed types, upload sizes, width height,... etc.

    function upload(){
        $this->load->library('upload');   
        $config['upload_path'] = './assets/certificates/';
        $config['allowed_types'] = 'pdf';
        $config['max_size']    = '1000000';
        $config['file_name'] = "upload";

        $this->upload->initialize($config);
        $certificateflag = $this->upload->do_upload("certificate");       
        if ($this->upload->do_upload("certificate"))
            error_reporting(E_ALL);
        else{
            echo "<pre>"; Print_r($this->upload->data()); echo "</pre>";
        }
}<?php

Library Codeigniter PDF File upload root directory Follows

Open <root_directory>/system/application/config/mimes.php file

Change value of ‘pdf’ element of $mimes array

$mimes = array( ‘hqx’   =>      ‘application/mac-binhex40’,
‘cpt’   =>      ‘application/mac-compactpro’,
‘csv’   =>      array(‘text/x-comma-separated-values’, ‘text/comma-separated-values’, ‘application/octet-stream’, ‘application/vnd.ms-excel’, ‘text/csv’, ‘application/csv’, ‘application/excel’, ‘application/vnd.msexcel’),
‘bin’   =>      ‘application/macbinary’,
‘dms’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘lha’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘lzh’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘exe’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘class’ =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘psd’   =>      ‘application/x-photoshop’,
‘so’    =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘sea’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘dll’   =>      ‘application/octet-stream’,
‘oda’   =>      ‘application/oda’,
‘pdf’   =>      array(‘application/pdf’, ‘application/x-pdf’),

To

‘pdf’   =>      array(‘application/pdf’, ‘application/x-pdf’, ‘application/x-download’,’application/x-download’, ‘binary/octet-stream’, ‘application/unknown’, ‘application/force-download’),