Implement support for uploading multiple images, move the dashboard columns for a given table to its model, and clean a bunch of things up

app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use App\Http\Requests;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use File;
 use Image;
 use Excel;
 
@@ -41,12 +42,7 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
             'heading' => 'Contact Form Submissions',
             'model'   => 'contact',
             'rows'    => Contact::getContactSubmissions(),
-            'cols'    => [
+            'cols'    => Contact::$dashboard_columns
-                [ 'Date', 'created_at' ],
-                [ 'Name', 'name' ],
-                [ 'Email', 'email' ],
-                [ 'Message', 'message' ]
-            ]
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -56,11 +52,7 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
             'heading' => 'Subscriptions',
             'model'   => 'subscriptions',
             'rows'    => Subscriptions::getSubscriptions(),
-            'cols'    => [
+            'cols'    => Subscriptions::$dashboard_columns
-                [ 'Date', 'created_at' ],
-                [ 'Email', 'email' ],
-                [ 'Name', 'name' ]
-            ]
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -104,9 +96,10 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
     public function postImageUpload(Request $request)
     {
         if ($request->hasFile('file')) {
-            $file = base_path() . '/public/uploads/' . $request['model'] . '/img/' . $request['id'] . '.jpg';
+            $directory = base_path() . '/public/uploads/' . $request['model'] . '/img/';
+            file::makeDirectory($directory, 0755, true, true);
             $image = Image::make($request->file('file'));
-            $image->save($file);
+            $image->save($directory . $request['id'] . "-" . $request['name'] . '.jpg');
         } else {
             return 'file-upload-fail';
         }
@@ -199,12 +192,16 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
             return 'row-delete-fail';
         }
 
-        // delete the associated image if one exists
+        // delete associated files if they exist
-        $image_file = base_path() . '/public/uploads/' . $request['model'] . '/img/' . $request['id'] . '.jpg';
+        foreach ($items::$dashboard_columns as $column) {
+            if ($column['type'] == 'image') {
+                $image_file = base_path() . '/public/uploads/' . $request['model'] . '/img/' . $request['id'] . "-" . $column['name'] . '.jpg';
 
                 if (file_exists($image_file) && !unlink($image_file)) {
                     return 'image-delete-fail';
                 }
+            }
+        }
 
         // Return a success
         return 'success';

app/Models/Contact.php

@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ class Contact extends Model
      */
     protected $table = 'contact';
 
+    /**
+     * Dashboard columns
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public static $dashboard_columns = [
+        [ 'Date', 'created_at' ],
+        [ 'Name', 'name' ],
+        [ 'Email', 'email' ],
+        [ 'Message', 'message' ]
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Returns the list of all contact submissions
      *

app/Models/Subscriptions.php

@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ class Subscriptions extends Model
      */
     protected $table = 'subscriptions';
 
+    /**
+     * Dashboard columns
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    public static $dashboard_columns = [
+        [ 'Date', 'created_at' ],
+        [ 'Email', 'email' ],
+        [ 'Name', 'name' ]
+    ];
+
     /**
      * Returns the list of all subscriptions
      *

readme.md

@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ This function should be named the same as the one above except with `Edit` at th
             'model'   => 'news',
             'id'      => $id,
             'item'    => $item,
-            'imgup'   => true,
             'columns' => [
                 [ 'name' => 'title',  'type' => 'text', 'label' => 'The Title' ],
                 [ 'name' => 'iframe', 'type' => 'text' ],
                 [ 'name' => 'halign', 'type' => 'select', 'options' => [ 'left', 'center', 'right' ] ],
                 [ 'name' => 'story',  'type' => 'mkd' ],
+                [ 'label' => 'Header Image', 'name' => 'headerimage', 'type' => 'image' ],
                 [ 'name' => 'order',  'type' => 'hidden' ]
             ]
         ]);
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ This function should be named the same as the one above except with `Edit` at th
 * `model`: The model that will be accessed on this page
 * `id`: Always set this to `$id`
 * `item`: Always set this to `$item`
-* `imgup`: Set this to `true` to enable image upload, otherwise set to `false`
 * `help_text`: An optional value that will add a box containing help text above the form if set
 * `columns`: An array containing a set of arrays where:
   * `name` is the name of the column to be edited
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@ The following is a list of possible `types` in the `columns` array for Editable
 * `date`: Date and time selection tool for date/time data
 * `select`: Text input via option select with possible options in an `options` array
 * `hidden`: Fields that will contain values to pass to the update function but won't appear on the page (this must be used for the sort column)
+* `image`: Fields that contain image uploads (name is not part of the database and is instead used in the filename)
 * `display`: Displayed information that can't be edited
 
 #### Edit Item Functionality

resources/assets/js/dashboard.js

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ function editItemInit() {
         $textInputs = $(".text-input"),
         $dateTimePickers = $(".date-time-picker"),
         $mkdEditors = $(".mkd-editor"),
-        $imgUpload = $("#image-upload"),
+        $imgUploads = $(".image-upload"),
         $token = $("#_token"),
         $spinner = $("#loading-modal"),
         fadeTime = 250,
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@ function editItemInit() {
         });
     };
 
-    const uploadImage = function(row_id) {
+    const uploadImage = function(row_id, currentImage) {
-        let file;
+        let file, imgUpload;
 
         // functionality to run on success
         const returnSuccess = function() {
@@ -343,11 +343,15 @@ function editItemInit() {
         };
 
         // add the image from the image upload box for image-upload class elements
-        if ($imgUpload.length && $imgUpload.val() !== "") {
+        if ($imgUploads.length >= currentImage + 1) {
+            imgUpload = $imgUploads[currentImage];
+
+            if ($(imgUpload).val() !== "") {
                 file = new FormData();
 
                 // add the file, id and model to the formData variable
-            file.append("file", $imgUpload[0].files[0]);
+                file.append("file", imgUpload.files[0]);
+                file.append("name", $(imgUpload).attr("name"));
                 file.append("id", row_id);
                 file.append("model", model);
 
@@ -359,14 +363,19 @@ function editItemInit() {
                     contentType: false,
                     beforeSend: function(xhr) { xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRF-TOKEN", $token.val()); }
                 }).always(function(response) {
+                    console.log(`response: ${response.responseText}`);
+
                     if (response === "success") {
-                    returnSuccess();
+                        uploadImage(row_id, currentImage + 1);
                     } else {
                         hideLoadingModal();
                         showAlert("ERROR: Failed to upload image");
                         submitting = false;
                     }
                 });
+            } else {
+                uploadImage(row_id, currentImage + 1);
+            }
         } else {
             returnSuccess();
         }
@@ -438,6 +447,7 @@ function editItemInit() {
 
             // populate the formData object
             getFormData();
+            console.log(JSON.stringify(formData));
 
             // submit the update
             $.ajax({
@@ -446,7 +456,7 @@ function editItemInit() {
                 data: formData
             }).always(function(response) {
                 if (/^id:[0-9][0-9]*$/.test(response)) {
-                    uploadImage(response.replace(/^id:/, ""));
+                    uploadImage(response.replace(/^id:/, ""), 0);
                 } else {
                     hideLoadingModal();
                     showAlert("ERROR: Failed to " + operation + " record");

resources/assets/sass/dashboard.scss

@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ body {
     }
 
     .current-image {
+        margin-bottom: 15px;
         width: 125px;
         height: 125px;
         background-position: left center;

resources/views/dashboard/edit-item.blade.php

@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
                                         @endif
                                     @endforeach
                                 </select>
+                            @elseif($column['type'] == 'image')
+                                <input class="image-upload" type="file" name="{{ $column['name'] }}" id="{{ $column['name'] }}" />
+
+                                @set('current_image', "/uploads/$model/img/$id-" . $column['name'] . ".jpg")
+
+                                @if(file_exists(base_path() . '/public' . $current_image))
+                                    <div class="current-image" style="background-image: url({{ $current_image }});"></div>
+                                @else
+                                    <div>(No Image Set)</div>
+                                @endif
                             @elseif($column['type'] == 'display')
                                 <div class="text-display">{{ $value }}</div>
                             @endif
@@ -53,26 +63,6 @@
                 </div>
             @endforeach
 
-            @if(!empty($imgup) && $imgup)
-                <div class="row">
-                    <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-2">
-                        <label for="{{ $column['name'] }}">Picture:</label>
-                    </div>
-
-                    <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10">
-                        <input class="image-upload" type="file" name="image-upload" id="image-upload" />
-
-                        @set('current_image', "/uploads/$model/$id.jpg")
-
-                        @if(file_exists(base_path() . '/public' . $current_image))
-                            <div class="current-image" style="background-image: url({{ $current_image }});" />
-                        @else
-                            <div>(No Image Set)</div>
-                        @endif
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-            @endif
-
             <div class="row">
                 <button id="back" type="button" class="back-button btn btn-default">Back</button>
                 <button id="submit" type="button" class="submit-button btn btn-primary">{{ $id == 'new' ? 'Create' : 'Update' }} {{ $heading }} Item</button>