how to upload file from codeigniter app to dropbox

Question

I have a controller to upload image to my web server. I want to upload that image to dropbox as well during the process. how would I do it?

This is my simple upload.php controller:

function index() {
    // get the binary data
    $file = file_get_contents("php://input");

    // prepare new name for upload image
    $name =rand().time().'jpg';

    $path = site_url('photo');

    // save to server directory
    file_put_contents($path.$name, $file);

    // save the name and id of the post to post photo table
    $input =  array(    'name' => $name,
                        'post_id'=> $id
                    );

    $this->db->insert('post_photo', $input);

}

A good start would be to look at the Dropbox API or even plugins written specifically for codeigniter, like this one — Darren
– Darren, Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 7:40
Does dropbox support email to upload files like Imgur? that would be pretty easy to set up — Marie
– Marie, Commented Apr 1, 2015 at 13:59

Alupotha · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-01 07:43:10Z

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This blogpost has complete tutorial
how to use Dropbox api with codigniter using THIS CodeIgniter-Dropbox-API-Library

http://jimdoescode.blogspot.com/2011/07/codeigniter-dropbox-api.html

answered Apr 1, 2015 at 7:43

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Darren · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-01 07:48:13Z

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try this its working good, for drop box create one new folder and just copy past the URL instead of" /upload " replace by /drop box URL

    $route=$_FILES['file_name']['name'];
    //var_dump($route);
    $target=realpath(APPPATH.'../uploads');
    $target=$target.'/'.$route;
    $tar=$route;
    $path=base_url().'uploads/'.$route;

    if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file_name']['tmp_name'],$target))
        echo "uploaded";
    else
        echo "not";

edited Apr 1, 2015 at 7:48

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answered Apr 1, 2015 at 7:44

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Darren Over a year ago

Won't work because it's not on the same server, not to mention the fact that dropbox wouldn't accept it.

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