post image and other data using mulipart form data in iphone
- by abdulsamad
Hi all
I am sending some data and and an image to the server using multipart/form-data in objective C.
kindly give me some Php code that how can i save the image on the server i am able to get the other variables on the server that i am passing with the image. kindly see my obj C code and php and tell me where i am wrong.
your help will be highly appreciated.
here i make the POST request.
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NSString *stringBoundary, *contentType, *baseURLString, *urlString;
NSData *imageData;
NSURL *url;
NSMutableURLRequest *urlRequest;
NSMutableData *postBody;
// Create POST request from message, imageData, username and password
baseURLString = @"http://localhost:8888/Test.php";
urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", baseURLString];
url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
urlRequest = [[[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] initWithURL:url] autorelease];
[urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
// Set the params
NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"LibraryIcon" ofType:@"png"];
imageData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
// Setup POST body
stringBoundary = [NSString stringWithString:@"0xKhTmLbOuNdArY"];
contentType = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"multipart/form-data; boundary=%@", stringBoundary];
[urlRequest addValue:contentType forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
// Setting up the POST request's multipart/form-data body
postBody = [NSMutableData data];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"source\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"lighttable"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // So Light Table show up as source in Twitter post
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"title\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:book.title] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // title
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"isbn\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:book.isbn] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // isbn
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"price\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:txtPrice.text] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // Price
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"condition\"\r\n\r\n"] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithString:txtCondition.text] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; // Price
NSString *imageFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"photo.jpeg"];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload\"; filename=\"%@\"\r\n",imageFileName] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
//[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload\"\r\n\n\n"]dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:[@"Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
[postBody appendData:imageData];
[postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
// [postBody appendData:[[NSString stringWithFormat:@"\r\n--%@--\r\n", stringBoundary] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSLog(@"postBody=%@", [[NSString alloc] initWithData:postBody encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]);
[urlRequest setHTTPBody:postBody];
NSLog(@"Image data=%@",[[NSString alloc] initWithData:imageData encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]);
// Spawn a new thread so the UI isn't blocked while we're uploading the image
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(uploadingDataWithURLRequest:) toTarget:self withObject:urlRequest];
I the method uploadingDataWithURLRequest i post the request to the server...
Here is my php Code
?php
$title = $_POST['title'];
$isbn = $_POST['isbn'];
$price = $_POST['price'];
$condition = $_POST['condition'];
$image=$_FILES['image']['name'];
if($image)
{
$filename = 'newimage.jpeg';
file_put_contents($filename, $image);
echo "image is there";
}
else
{
echo "image is nil";
}
?>
I am unable to get the image on server kindly help me where i am wrong.
