JacobCMarshall

Sorry to ask, but what framework are you using?

Hey, welcome to PHPFreaks! I'm also pretty new, and I'm from New Zealand I'm sure you'll find exactly what you're looking for on this forum! Already I have found a lot of stuff that I've learned from, and I've only been a member for like 2 days. If you need any help, PM me!

Done. Thanks, and thanks again for the name change... it looks much better now

Hey my name is Jacob Marshall. I just turned 16 in January, I live in New Zealand and have done so for more of less 4-5 years now. I have around 5-6 years of web development experience, and around 4 years of PHP, MySQL experience. At the moment I am taking a break from my normal, and join a forum in which to educate and help educate others. Basically, I started a HUGE project last year. Its called Managenet, and its web software I'm writing that allows schools to have a full online workspace for each one of their students and even teachers, to allow collaboration between them both. However, because of New Zealand schools starting in February, I am forced to give it a break to help focus on my grades. The web + web related languages I know are: HTML (4-5), CSS (2-3), Javascript, jQuery, PHP (5) and MySQL. There are more I know, however these are the ones I tend to use on an every day basis. I also have experience in Java, however I do not see myself pursuing this programming language any further, because of my love for PHP. I have been administrating forums since before I remember, I have never been a forum Moderator since my skills of forum administering have always been realized. I have worked in an office before, many times during past holidays, thus allowing me to gain something from my work (money) which I tend not to obtain when I work for myself. I love doing freelance work, and I may advertise myself at a later date in the correct board on your forums. Thanks, Jacob Marshall PS: If an administrator could please change my forum name/username to JacobCMarshall, because it sort of looks terrible when the name doesn't wrap. Thanks xD

Firstly, if you're using the 'File Uploading' class in CodeIgniter, this user_guide will help. If you want to do the renaming process using the core PHP functions, you need to use the rename() function. An example of this is: <?php rename("/path/to/uploaded-file.txt", "/path/to/new-filename.txt"); ?> Of course your directory will need to also be using the correct permissions for the rename. I hope this helped.

Use what 'deals' said. Just because you're using a framework, doesn't always mean you need to use all the functions built into it. Sometimes using the core PHP functions can be much easier than the frameworks built in functions. What is wrong with your code is that you're trying to access the $_POST array, when really you need to be accessing the $_FILES array. Read through the related section on the official CodeIgniter user guide here. EDIT: As of yet, I have not found a way of accessing the $_FILES array through the CodeIgniter functions/classes, however I will look more into that as I am unsure if that is correct or not. EDIT x2: Also make sure your form tag includes the enctype attribute, it should look something like this: enctype="multipart/form-data"