FileImportBehavior

FileImportBehavior may be used to import files directly from the disk. This is useful in importing from a directory already on the filesystem.

It extends UploadBehavior and takes the same options:

php

class User extends AppModel
{
    public $actsAs = [
        'Upload.FileImport' => [
            'photo',
        ],
    ];
}

Pass the file in the same format as an uploaded file, with tmp_name set to the file on disk. A file that was not uploaded through a form is moved (not copied) to the upload path with rename():

php

$file = '/path/to/photo.jpg';
$this->User->save([
    'User' => [
        'photo' => [
            'name' => basename($file),
            'type' => mime_content_type($file),
            'tmp_name' => $file,
            'error' => UPLOAD_ERR_OK,
            'size' => filesize($file),
        ],
    ],
]);

Like UploadBehavior, a URL given as the field value is downloaded and saved (see Programmatic File Retrieval without a Form).

FileImportBehavior ​

FileImportBehavior