<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class nicUpload extends CI_Controller {

 function __construct()
 {
  parent::__construct();

  $config['upload_path']   = 'http://sawa-c.com/include/images';
  $config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';
  $config['max_size']   = '100';
  $config['max_width']  = '1024';
  $config['max_height'] = '768';

  $this->nicupload_uri = 'http://sawa-c.com/include/images';
  $this->load->library('upload', $config);
  $this->output->enable_profiler(FALSE);
 } 

 public function do_upload()
 {

  if($this->input->server('REQUEST_METHOD') == 'POST') {
   if ( ! $this->upload->do_upload('nicImage')) {
    $data = $this->nic_output(array('error' => $this->upload->display_errors()));
   } else {
    $upload = array('upload_data' => $this->upload->data());

    $status['done']  = 1;
    $status['width'] = $upload['upload_data']['image_width'];
    $status['url']   = $this->nicupload_uri.'/'.$upload['upload_data']['file_name'];

    $data = $this->nic_output($status);
   }
  } else if(isset($_GET['check'])) {
   $status['noprogress'] = true;
   $data = $this->nic_output($status);
  }

  return $this->output->set_output($data);
 }

 private function nic_output($status) {
  $script = 'try {'.(($this->input->server('REQUEST_METHOD') == 'POST') ? 'top.' : '').'nicUploadButton.statusCb('.json_encode($status).');} catch(e) { alert(e.message); }'; 
  if($this->input->server('REQUEST_METHOD') == 'POST') {
   return '<script>'.$script.'</script>';
  } else {
   return $script;
  }
 }
}

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