public ActionResult Create(BlogPost post, HttpPostedFileBase image)
{
if (image !=null && image.ContentLength >0)
{
//check the file name to make sure its and image
var ext = Path.GetExtension(image.FileName).ToLower();
if (ext != ".png" && ext != ".jpg" && ext != ".jpeg" && ext != ".gif" && ext != ".bmp")
ModelState.AddModelError("image","Invalid Format.");
}
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
if (image != null)
{
//relative server path
var filePath = "/images/Blog/Posts/";
//path on physical drive on server
var absPath = Server.MapPath("~" + filePath);
//media Url for relative Path
post.MediaURL = filePath + image.FileName;
//save image
image.SaveAs(Path.Combine(absPath,image.FileName));
}
db.Posts.Add(post);
db.SaveChanges();
return RedirectToAction("Index");
}
return View(post);
}
public ActionResult Create()
{
BlogPost post = new BlogPost();
post.Created = DateTimeOffset.Now;
return View(post);
}
