How to rename an Uploaded file?

[lopes_andre]

Hi,

 

I need to upload files rename the files as ("name_of_file" . "TIMESTAMP" . ".doc") or other file termination...

 

I have a function that upload sucessfully the files, but I don't know how to rename the files.

 

function uploadFile() {
global $attachments;
while(list($key,$value) = each($_FILES[images][name]))
			{

				if(!empty($value))
				{
						$filename = $value;
						array_push($attachments, $filename);
						$dir = "$way" . "$filename";
						chmod("$way",0777);
				         $success = copy($_FILES[images][tmp_name][$key], $dir);
				}

			}
									    
				           if ($success) {
							echo " Files Uploaded Successfully<BR>";
						#############	SendIt();

								}else {
										exit("Sorry the server was unable to upload the files...");
									}

}

 

How can I rename the files?

 

 

Best Regards,

André.

[anthylon]

Hello,

 

Have you tried to change this line:

$success = copy($_FILES[images][tmp_name][$key], $dir);

 

to:

$success = copy($_FILES[images][tmp_name][$key], "$dir/$new_file_name");

 

The syntax of copy command is:

copy($old_file, $new_file_name);

 

If your question is how to make timestamp string for file name it would be like this:

$new_file_name = 'name_of_file' .date("mdY") .'.doc'; //result name_of_file02102009.doc              

       

 

I hope this will be useful for you.

[coder_]

Or you can use move_uploaded_file() function. just set the name of the temporary file and location with new file name and that's it.

 

move_uploaded_file("/path/to/tmp_folder/tmp_name", "/path/to/new_folder/new_name.ext");

[lopes_andre]

Thanks a lot. It worked!

[anthylon]

LOL 

 

Marking post as SOLVED would help 

 

 

Cheers