sjFilemanager is a free AJAX file manager. Wheel or know-how?

Starting from the time when I was just learning the beauty of web programming, I had the task of creating a file manager for tinyMCE. But reinventing the wheel is a waste of time, so I often get by with some kind of simple implementation or third-party plugin like this . At that time, Image Manager 1.1 was still a beta version. Unfortunately, over time, this option has ceased to suit me for several reasons and I had to implement my own solution.

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I want to bring to your attention a brief overview of sjFilemanager . The purpose of its implementation was to use on the backend. Let's see what he can do and how he looks like:

• copy / cut / paste files
• delete files / folders
• creating dynamic (unique) file names
• rename files / folders
• change permissions for file / folder
• create folder
• downloading multiple files using SWFUpload
• Downloading files / folders using a zip compressor
• getting all information about a folder / file from the file system
• friendly interface
• ability to perform operations on a group of files / folders
• frontend can work with backend written in any language
• backend is implemented in PHP5 using OOP
• standard cross browser set
• no databases

One of its main advantages is that it is a full-fledged application that can be used in rich-text editors. It is easy to make a plugin for symfony 1.4 out of it , or you can use it in the usual way (when the user needs to add a picture to the article, then he can either upload it or select it in the file system). You only need to connect the necessary scripts, create a template for the window and configure the manager itself.

What I see cons:

• not fully localized
• no preview for media files
• javascript is written without using known libraries

For example, I will give the pros and cons of other solutions, and you will have to decide what to use.
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sjFilemanager vs Image Manager

Advantages of Image Manager:

• localization into 2 languages ​​(English, Russian)
• multiboot
• convenient folder navigation, creating / deleting folders
• output file information (in the bottom panel)
• file name change
• summary information about selected files
• automatic insertion of links to the original image (if it is more than the maximum allowed (by default 500px))
• insert image (s) by button insert

Cons Image Manager:

• bad code, it's hard to change something
• virtually no error messages
• the generation of the preview takes a terribly long time in the folder with a large number of drawings
• filenames are unique hashes
• connection of the whole jQuery library
• tabular layout
• this is just a tinyMCE plugin

More detailed information about this plugin can be found here .

sjFilemanager vs Ajax file manager

Pros of Ajax file Manager:

• support for multiple javascript editors
• fully implemented on AJAX
• built-in picture editor
• utf-8 support
• authorization
• easy to edit and create themes

I was very interested in this option and decided to watch the demo . After analyzing its capabilities, I realized that this is pure PR.

What are the disadvantages:

• no full support for AJAX (click "Refresh")
• limited opportunities
• the preview is stretched and you can see the pixels
• most written in procedural style

Well, this is the end of my constructive criticism of existing solutions. Learn more about sjFilemanager here .