renaming a uploaded file

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ok iv searched the forum but cant find my anwser, this is my problem:

 

iv uploaded a file and its successfully added it to /members/01/myfile.jpg

 

now further down my script i want to rename it to /members/01/$newfile.jpg

 

if tried using the the rename function but im thinking it only works when its in the temp folder on uploading the file.

iv tried for example

<? rename(/members/01/myfile.jpg,  /members/01/$newfile.jpg) ?>

I keep getting an error and 'file does not exist'

 

please any ideas will be appriecated

 

 

 

 

[WebStyles]

try adding quotes: (I'm assuming $newfile has the name you want without .jpg

<? rename('/members/01/myfile.jpg',  '/members/01/'.$newfile.'.jpg') ?>

[AyKay47]

well webstyles beat me to it 

 

1. your arguments need to be wrapped in quotes, single or double

2. if that does not work, which it should, what is the error you receive besides "file does not exist"?

3. Are you running a windows or linux server?

[finestice]

ok error im getting is:

 

Warning: rename(/members/1/123abc123.jpg,/members/1/7.jpg) [function.rename]: No such file or directory in /home/stigros1/public_html/tyrehq.com/sell1.php on line 124

 

code im using is:

 

$pid = mysql_insert_id();
$newfile = $pid;
    rename('/members/'.$_SESSION[id].'/123abc123.jpg',  '/members/'.$_SESSION[id].'/'.$newfile.'.jpg');

 

any ideas iv been racking my brains out trying to figure it out

[WebStyles]

No such file or directory

means the file does not exist. check folder and filenames, remember that on unix systems they are case-sensitive.

 

[finestice]

yes the file does exist in /members/1/123abc123.jpg - like i said the file does orginally upload ok into that folder its just the renaming it thats a problem

[AyKay47]

perhaps this could be a file path issue? Let's try to debug this a little

 

$pid = mysql_insert_id();
$newfile = $pid;
        $old_file = "/members/{$_SESSION[id]}/123abc123.jpg";
        $new_file = "/members/{$_SESSION[id]}/{$newfile}.jpg";
if(is_dir($old_file)){
      $rename = rename($old_file,  $new_file);
      if(!$rename){
            print "something funky is going on";
      }
}else{
      print "$old_file is not a valid directory";
}
    

[finestice]

thanks for your fast reply people

 

iv ran that code and it comes up with

 

/members/1/123abc123.jpg is not a valid directory

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how would i find the full path of that file?

[AyKay47]

use realpath

[finestice]

yhh iv found the absolute path which is /home/stigros1/public_html/tyrehq.com/members/1/

 

and iv change the code to

 

$pid = mysql_insert_id();
    $newfile = $pid;
        $old_file = "/home/stigros1/public_html/tyrehq.com/members/{$_SESSION[id]}/123abc123.jpg";
        $new_file = "/home/stigros1/public_html/tyrehq.com/members/{$_SESSION[id]}/{$newfile}.jpg";
if(is_dir($old_file)){
      rename($old_file,  $new_file);
}else{
      print "$old_file is not a valid directory";
}  

 

STILL NO JOY THOU

how do i make the path http://tyrehq.com/members/1/$oldfile.jpg