PHP File Upload

Question

Hi ,

If I want to change my filename before it goes to the Server for its permanent location not its temporary Location how could I do this.

The code is as fellowed:

<form action="upload_file.php" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> 
<br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>


<?php
if ((($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/jpeg")
|| ($_FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/pjpeg"))
&& ($_FILES["file"]["size"] < 20000))
  {
  if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0)
    {
    echo "Return Code: " . $_FILES["file"]["error"] . "<br />";
    }
  else
    {
    echo "Upload: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"] . "<br />";
    echo "Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "<br />";
    echo "Size: " . ($_FILES["file"]["size"] / 1024) . " Kb<br />";
    echo "Temp file: " . $_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"] . "<br />";

    if (file_exists("upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]))
      {
      echo $_FILES["file"]["name"] . " already exists. ";
      }
    else
      {
      move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"],
      "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]);
      echo "Stored in: " . "upload/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"];
      }
    }
  }
else
  {
  echo "Invalid file";
  }
?>

Answer 1

you do it in the move_uploaded_file function

move_uploaded_file($temporary_file, "path/to/destination/and/new_file_name.gif");

right now, you're just moving it to the destination with it's current name.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if I understand what you mean. If you just want to rename the file when storing it in the "upload" directory, do so when using move_uploaded_file():

$destination = "upload/" . $new_filename;
if (file_exists($destination)) {
    echo 'File ', $destination, ' already exists!';
} else {
    move_uploaded_file($temp_filename, $destination);
}

You could also let the user define $new_filename by providing an additional "rename" text field in your HTML form.

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EDIT: Code could be something like that:

Form:

<form action="upload_file.php" method="post"
    enctype="multipart/form-data">
<label for="file">Filename:</label>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" /> 
<br />

<!-- NEW TEXTBOX -->
<label for="newname">Rename to (optional):</label>
<input type="text" name="newname" id="newname" /> 
<br />

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

PHP:

$upload_dir = realpath('upload') . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
$file_info = $_FILES['file'];

// Check if the user requested to rename the uploaded file
if (!empty($_POST['newname'])) {
    $new_filename = $_POST['newname'];
} else {
    $new_filename = $file_info['name'];
}

// Make sure that the file name is valid.
if (strpos($new_filename, '/') !== false || strpos($new_filename, '\\') !== false) {
    // We *have* to make sure that the user cannot save the file outside
    // of $upload_dir, so we don't allow slashes.
    // ATTENTION: You should do more serious checks here!
    die("Invalid filename");
}

$destination = $upload_dir . $new_filename;
// ... if (file_exists(... move_uploaded_file(...