Preserving original filename after panel upload

Kirby 3 Solved ✅
1

Hello,

I need to preserve filename of certain files after they have been uploaded via the panel. This includes filename case.

Now, I am aware that there is a technical limitation with filenames that they need to be converted url-safe, and I don’t have a problem with that. What I need instead is a way to restore the original filename, say when the file is being downloaded. Saving the filename into the content file in a hook would be fine, as in:

return [
    'hooks' => [
        'file.create:after' => function ($file) {
            // Save original filename to file contents file, but how?
        }
    ]
]

But the hook doesn’t seem to have the original filename preserved in function parameters, and it doesn’t seem to be available via file methods either. Is there a way to accomplish this currently at all?

2

Hm, Kirby 2 had an option to prevent filename sanitization. Doesn’t seem to be possible in Kirby 3, though, at least I can’t find anything.

You could store the original filename in the session with a file.create:before hook (the $upload parameter contains the (hashed) original filename) and then retrieve this name in the file.create:after hook.

    'hooks' => [
        'file.create:before' => function($file, $upload) {
            $filename = $upload->filename();
            $filename = substr($filename, strpos($filename, ".") + 1); 
            kirby()->session()->set('ofilename', $filename);
        },
        'file.create:after' => function($file) {
            $filename = kirby()->session()->get('ofilename');
            $file->update([
                'originalname' => $filename,
            ]);
        }
    ]
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3

That works, thanks! There was just a small typo $file->upate => $file->update

4

Ah, that was why it didn’t work at first, and then started working when I copied the update code again. I’m so blind at times.