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Cakephp read image from app/uploads directory

I am sending images from my mobile app to the server.

I am saving the images in the directory 

app/uploads/image.png

and storing the path in the database.

I want to know how can I access this image from a browser. In short, what would be the URL of this image? I want to check first in the browser before I send the path to my mobile app

Solution

  • Setting aside discussions on whether the proposed approach is the correct one or not, I'm going to focus on a providing a solution to the problem raised.

    In fact, it's quite easy. Add the following to one of your controllers:

    public function download($filename){

    $file = APP."/uploads/{$filename}";
    $this->response->file($file);
    return $this->response;
}

    Note: The code above lacks error handling.

    You can then access

    http://www.example.com/my_controller/download/my_picture.jpg

    See