[SOLVED] help using str_rplace

[cs1h]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to put a random number in the place of spaces in a file name. However I am not sure how to generate the random number and then put it into the name. I have tried to highlight what I have done in the first few lines below in the script.

 

<?php 

// Generate a random number
$newname = md5(mktime()*rand());
//This is the directory where images will be saved 
$target = "images/";  
$target = $target . basename( $_FILES['photo']['name']); 
$target = str_replace(' ', '$newname', $target); // <--- then add the random number in here to replace any spaces


//This gets all the other information from the form 
$name=$_POST['name']; 
$country=$_POST['menuFilesDMA']; 
$type=$_POST['Catagory'];
$Email=$_POST['Email']; 
$Title=$_POST['title']; 
$Abstract=$_POST['message'];
$Article=$_POST['messagetwo'];  
$pic=($_FILES['photo']['name']); 

// Connects to your Database 
mysql_connect("localhost", "asadr", "cdasd") or die(mysql_error()) ; 
mysql_select_db("real") or die(mysql_error()) ; 

//Writes the information to the database 
mysql_query($sql = "insert into `items` (`name`, `country`, `type`, `Email`, `Title`, `Abstract`, `Article`, `photo`) values ('$name', '$country', '$type', '$Email', '$Title', '$Abstract', '$Article', '$pic')"); 

//Writes the photo to the server 
if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['photo']['tmp_name'], $target)) 
{ 

//Tells you if its all ok 
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded, and your information has been added to the directory"; 
} 
else { 

//Gives and error if its not 
echo "Sorry, there was a problem uploading your file."; 
} 
?>

 

any help is much appriciated.

 

thanks

colin

[clearstatcache]

u remove the single qoute in the variable $newline in the str_replace....

 

$target = str_replace(' ', $newname, $target); // <--- then add the random number in here to replace any spaces

 

 

[clearstatcache]

this will replace every space with random number ...

e.i  $target = "str1  str2"; with 2 spaces between str1 and str2

    $target = "str1RND_NUMRND_NUMstr2"

$target = str_replace(' ', $newname, $target); // <--- then add the random number in here to replace any spaces

 

if u want u may also use preg_replace to replace 1 or more spaces with a single random number....

e.i  $target = "str1  str2"; with 2 spaces between str1 and str2

    $target = "str1RND_NUMstr2"

$target = preg_replace('/ +/', $newname, $target); // <--- then add the random number in here to replace any spaces