Upload of huge files

[ottogal]

Hi all,

to upload a huge file I'm trying the workaround presented by Nico in his Troubleshooting Guide at the end of page 4.

Running  /tmp/uploadhelper.php  I get the message

Error: Call to a member function add() on a non-object (line 7 of ....../tmp/uploadhelper.php)

where line 7 is

$filepage->fieldname->add($config->paths->root.'tmp/hugefile.zip');

Of course fieldname is the name of a field I added to the template of the $filepage defined before.  

I tried to replace  $filepage->fieldname  with  $filepage->get("fieldname"), to no avail. 

What do I have to do to change this into an object?

Thankful for any hint...
 

 

[BitPoet]

Does your uploadhelper.php create a new page? If yes, it needs to be saved once before assigning to any file/image fields.

If you assign to an existing page, make sure that you in fact retrieve the correct one (and not the NullPage instance returned when a $pages->get call finds no matching page).

[ottogal]

The filepage already exists. I used the code from Nico nearly literally. The explanation there is a bit short; so I'm not sure what Field Type the field should be. I tried URL or simple text for the filename, but these wouldn't give an object. Could it be Page Table? A Page Array - since a foreach is mentioned? A more detailed example would be helpful.

[BitPoet]

The field needs to be of type File (or Image if the added files are images to be used as such e.g. in CKEditor).

[ottogal]

That's it (of course!)...  (Although I'm quite sure to have tried type File too.)

Thank you, BitPoet, for your time.