Uploadify File Rename

Question

Hello,

I'm using the Uploadify jQuery plugin for PHP to upload a file. One thing I am stuck on is that I need to be able to rename the file being uploaded so that I can post that information to my script that inserts data into the mysql database. Can anyone please advise on how to do this?

Thanks, Jake

Answer 1

If you use uploadify.php just go right before the function move_uploaded_files and change the target name.

Anyways you do it this should work. Post the code you have if you want a more detailed answer.

Answer 2

This will put file in new folder with same file name as source file

$source   = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];
$filename = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
$newPath = $folder.'/'.$filename;
rename($source, $newPath);

/*----------------------*/

to have a new filename
    function getExtension($path)
    {
        $result = substr(strtolower(strrchr($path, '.')), 1);
        $result = preg_replace('/^([a-zA-Z]+)[^a-zA-Z].*/', '$1', $result);
        if ($result === 'jpeg' || empty($result) === true) {
            $result = 'jpg';
        }
        return $result;
    }

$source   = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];
$filename = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
$newfileName=$folder."/"."abc".getExtension($filename);
rename($source, $newfileName);