Uploading a file in a form with more data

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Uploading a file in a form with more data - Stilen - 11-28-2015

I'm building a website where I want to upload a product with it's name price and description to the database, and upload an image of the product to a folder. I need the name of the image in the database too.
I've tried to change the name of the image, changing the permissions of the images folder, etc.
When I add a new product it is created in the database but the image name field is empty and the image is not uploaded.
When I print the array with $this->upload->data() it is empty.
Here's my code:
Function submit_product

Code:
public function submit_product(){

        $this->load->library('form_validation');

        $config['upload_path'] = base_url('images/');

        $config['allowed_types'] = 'jpg|png';

        $config['max_size'] = '2048';

        $config['max_width'] = '2048';

        $config['max_height'] = '2048';

        $this->load->library('upload', $config);

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('name', 'Name', 'required|trim');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('price', 'Price', 'required|trim');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('category', 'Category', 'required|trim');

        $this->form_validation->set_rules('description', 'Description', 'trim');

        if($this->form_validation->run()){

            $this->load->model('config_model');

            $this->upload->do_upload('userfile');

            $filename = $this->upload->data();

            $this->config_model->add_product($filename);

            $this->home();

        } else {

            $this->admin();

        }

    }

Here is the form

Code:
<?php

                echo form_open_multipart('main/submit_product');

                echo "<p>Name: ";

                echo form_input('name',$this->input->post('name'));

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>Price: ";

                echo form_input('price', $this->input->post('price'));

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>Category: ";

                echo form_input('category', $this->input->post('category'));

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>Description: ";

                echo form_input('description', $this->input->post('description'));

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>";

                echo form_upload('userfile');

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>";

                echo form_submit('product_submit','Add Product');

                echo "</p>";

                echo "<p>";

                echo form_close();

                echo "</p>";

            ?>

            <br>

And here is the model

Code:
public function add_product($filename){

        print_r ($filename);

        $data = array (

            'name' => $this->input->post('name'),

            'price' => $this->input->post('price'),

            'image' => $filename['file_name'],

            'category' => $this->input->post('category'),

            'description' => $this->input->post('description')

        );

        $this->db->insert('products',$data);       

    }

RE: Uploading a file in a form with more data - cartalot - 11-29-2015

suggest that you try doing just the upload first - then add the rest of the form
this page has sample code for uploading images http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/file_uploading.html