helios-ag/fm-elfinder-bundle

ElFinder bundle, adds ElFinder file manager to your Symfony project

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ElFinder integration in Symfony

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elFinder is an open-source file manager for web, written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. Creation is inspired by simplicity and convenience of Finder program used in Mac OS X operating system.

Recommended bundles to use with:

FMTinyMCEBundle FOSCKEditorBundle FMSummernoteBundle
FMTinyMCEBundle FOSCKEditorBundle FMSummernoteBundle

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Installation

Step 1: Installation

For Symfony Flex installation you need to enable community recipes:

  composer config extra.symfony.allow-contrib true

Install the bundle:

composer require helios-ag/fm-elfinder-bundle

Copy the elFinder assets to the public directory:

bin/console elfinder:install

With the default public document root, the command installs the assets in public/bundles/fmelfinder. Create the local upload directory used by the basic configuration below:

mkdir -p public/uploads

Make sure the PHP and web-server users have the required read and write permissions for public/uploads.

Step 2: Enable the bundle (Optional)

Enable the bundle in the kernel (not needed with symfony flex):

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

public function registerBundles()
{
    $bundles = array(
        // ...
        new FM\ElfinderBundle\FMElfinderBundle(),
    );
}

Step 3: Import FMElfinderBundle routing file

# app/config/routing.yaml
elfinder:
     resource: "@FMElfinderBundle/Resources/config/routing.yaml"

The default file-manager instance is now available at /elfinder; its connector endpoint is /efconnect.

Step 4: Configure your application's security.yaml

Secure ElFinder with access_control:

# app/config/security.yaml
security:
    # ...
    access_control:
        - { path: ^/efconnect, roles: ROLE_USER }
        - { path: ^/elfinder, roles: ROLE_USER }

Basic configuration

Add configuration options to your config.yaml

fm_elfinder:
    # Matches public/bundles/fmelfinder created by elfinder:install.
    assets_path: /
    instances:
        default:
            locale: '%locale%' # defaults to current request locale
            editor: ckeditor # other options are tinymce, tinymce4, tinymce5, fm_tinymce, form, simple, custom
            relative_path: false #default true, will produce absolute urls to specified file(s)
            #editor_template: custom template for your editor # default null
            #path_prefix: / # for setting custom assets path prefix, useful for non vhost configurations, i.e. http://127.0.0.1/mysite/
            #fullscreen: true|false # default is true, applies to simple and ckeditor editors
            #theme: smoothness # jquery theme, default is 'smoothness'
            #visible_mime_types: ['image/png', 'image/jpg', 'image/jpeg'] # only show these mime types, defaults to show all
            connector:
                #debug: true|false # defaults to false
                roots:       # at least one root must be defined, defines root filemanager directories
                    uploads:
                        #show_hidden: true|false # defaults to false, hides dotfiles
                        driver: LocalFileSystem
                        path: '%kernel.project_dir%/public/uploads'
                        url: /uploads
                        upload_allow: ['image/png', 'image/jpg', 'image/jpeg']
                        upload_deny: ['all']
                        upload_max_size: 2M # also file upload sizes restricted in php.ini
                        #attributes: example of setting attributes permission
                        #    - { pattern: '/(.*?)/', read: true, write: false, locked: true }
  • default - instance of elfinder, can be used to define multiple configurations of ElFinder, allows simultaneous configuration for different types of WYSIWYG editors in your project
  • assets_path - public URL prefix for the installed elFinder assets. The / value matches the default public/bundles/fmelfinder installer destination.
  • path - filesystem path to the root directory. For a local public upload directory, use %kernel.project_dir%/public/uploads and make sure it has the required read/write and owner permissions.
  • url - public URL prefix used when displaying files. For the local root above this is /uploads. It can also be an absolute URL and may contain a {homeFolder} placeholder. If omitted, the bundle derives the URL from path, so setting it explicitly is recommended when path is an absolute filesystem path.
  • driver - can be LocalFileSystem, FTP or MySQL, Flysystem, S3 and etc, check class FM\ElfinderBundle\DependencyInjection\Configuration
  • locale - locale determines, which language, ElFinder will use, to translate user interface, default is current request locale
  • cors_support - allows cross domain responses handling (default false)
  • editor - determines what template to render, to be compatible with WYSIWYG web editor, currently supported options are: "ckeditor" (to use with FOSCKEditorBundle or TrsteelCkeditorBundle), "tinymce5" for TinyMCE 5–8, "fm_tinymce" for tinymce4 (to use with FMTinyMCEBundle), "form" for form type, "simple" for standalone and "custom" for custom template. See the TinyMCE integration guide for version-specific setup.
  • editor_template - define template to render when editor is set to "custom".
  • connector - root node for defining options for elfinder root directories.
  • roots - define "virtual directories" that reflect directories in your project.
  • path_prefix - path prefix with relative_path enabled, default is slash ('/')
  • show_hidden - show files and folders that starts from . (dot)
  • driver - driver type, LocalFileSystem, Dropbox, FTP
  • volume_id - (optional) can be used to force a volume id when mounting volume (default auto-increments). If provided, it must be an integer bigger than 0.
  • alias - directory alias
  • path - directory that contains files
  • upload_allow: ['image/png', 'image/jpg', 'image/jpeg']
  • upload_deny: ['all']
  • upload_max_size: 2M

You can see the full list of roots options here. To use them, convert camelCased option name to snake_case name.

Use multiple upload folder by instance

You can set multiple upload root folder by instance configuration.

If you have configured your instance with /uploads path, you can provide an additional folder as a home folder (e.g. for a multi-users application) when accessing to the instance URL :

/elfinder/{instance}/{homeFolder} or /efconnect/{instance}/{homeFolder}

For example, accessing to /elfinder/acmeInstance/bob URL will open up elfinder with /uploads/bob as root directory which only contains Bob's files.

Then, accessing to /elfinder/acmeInstance/alice URL will re-use your instance, but open up elfinder with /uploads/alice folder as root directory, containing only Alice's files.

To use this feature, you must provide the instance name in the URL, and of course be sure to set proper write/read permissions on home folders.

Note: this feature is only available with LocalFileSystem driver.

If I want more one home folder is possible ?

Yes you can with this configuration in your fm_elfinder.yaml

where_is_multi:
    {connector}: {index of the connector}
multi_home_folder: true
folder_separator: {one char other of /}

Example

fm_elfinder:
    instances:
        default:
            locale: fr # defaults to current request locale
            editor: ckeditor # other options are tinymce, tinymce4, tinymce5, fm_tinymce, form, simple, custom
            #editor_template: custom template for your editor # default null
            #path_prefix: http://localhost/ # for setting custom assets path prefix, useful for non vhost configurations, i.e. http://127.0.0.1/mysite/
            fullscreen: false # default is true, applies to simple and ckeditor editors
            where_is_multi:
                roots: 0
            multi_home_folder: true
            folder_separator: "|"
            #theme: smoothness # jquery theme, default is 'smoothness'
            #visible_mime_types: ['image/png', 'image/jpg', 'image/jpeg'] # only show these mime types, defaults to show all
            connector:
                #debug: true|false # defaults to false
                roots:       # at least one root must be defined, defines root filemanager directories
                    uploads:
                        #show_hidden: true|false # defaults to false, hides dotfiles
                        driver: LocalFileSystem
                        path: "/var"
                        alias: Bibliothèque générale
                        upload_allow: ['all']
                        #upload_deny: ['all']
                        upload_max_size: 500M # also file upload sizes restricted in php.ini
                        attributes:
                            - {pattern: '..', read: true, write: true, locked: false}
                        #attributes: example of setting attributes permission
                        #    - { pattern: '/(.*?)/', read: true, write: false, locked: true }