File upload element
Function : Allows the user to attach a file to the form
Parameters
| Label | The label of this element |
| CSS Class | CSS class assigned to this element |
| Style using CSS only | Defines whether or not JForms should append inline CSS attributes to the element, Set to “YES” if you want to disable inline CSS attributes |
| Required | Whether or not this field is required , the Form will not be submitted until this field is filled |
| Maximum Size(MB) | Maximum allowed file size in Megabytes (decimal values like “0.5”, “0.1' are accepted) |
| Extensions | Allowed extensions comma separated (File extensions are case insensitive) |
Notes:
- php,php3,php4,ph3,ph4 extensions are not allowed even if the user specifies them in the “Extensions” field, this behavior can be changed by modifying the <param name=“veryBadExtensions”> tag in the file “path/to/joomla/administrator/components/com_jforms/plugins/elements/file/parameters.xml”
- Files are stored on the file system under ”/path/to/joomla/media/com_jforms/files/dbTableName/dbFieldName/dbRecordId/Filename.ext”
- The data stored in the database are base64 encoded class containing
- file path relative to ”/path/to/joomla/media/com_jforms/files/”
- file name
- file url
- file size
Examples
To create a required file upload field that allows only pdf and odf files whose sizes are below 2.5 MB
- Set “Required” = “Yes”
- Set “Maximum Size(MB)” = “2.5”
- Set “Extensions” = “pdf,odf”
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