CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phphtmllaravel
Stackvis
Stackvis

Reputation: 11

Display an icon as per file type

What is the best way to display an icon according to the file type in front end document listing? The file type can be any type.

I am planning to try this:

public function getIconAttribute() {

    $extensions = [
        'jpg' => 'jpeg.png',
        'png' => 'png.png',
        'pdf' => 'pdfdocument.png',
        'doc' => 'wordicon.jpg',
    ];

    return array_get($extensions,$this->extension,'unknown.png');
}

But I need to specify all file types manually. Is there any better way to do this in php/laravel?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2275

Answers (1)

Scoots
Scoots

Reputation: 3102

You could match filenames to extensions, and use a file lookup.

public function getIconAttribute() {
    $extension = strtolower($this->extension);

    $rewrite_map = array(
        'jpeg' => 'jpg',
        'docx' => 'doc'
    );

    if(isset($rewrite_map[$extension])) {
        $extension = $rewrite_map[$extension];
    }

    if(file_exists('/path/to/icons/dir/' . $extension . '.png')) {
        return $extension . '.png';
    }

    return 'unknown.png';
}

You'll then only need to modify this method if you start supporting another file type with ambiguity in its extension.

Upvotes: 1

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