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dsw88
dsw88

Reputation: 4592

Code Igniter File Upload Class - How to change saved filename?

I'm writing an app using the CodeIgniter framework, and I'm utilizing the CI File Uploading class to upload image files to the server from a web form.

The files upload fine, but I would like to be able to save them under a different, unique name on the server. I would like to tell the File Upload class to save the files to the server using that different, unique filename for each file, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do so.

I've checked the CI docs for that class, and all I've found is that you can use the class to encrypt the filename, but I don't believe that will give me a unique filename, it just encrypts it.

I already have the functionality in the app that assigns a unique filename, so I just need to figure out how to get the File Uploading class to accept that alternate filename each time I save a file. Anyone know if it's possible to do that?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 18948

Answers (4)

user8487829
user8487829

Reputation:

If you Want Change upload file name : 

$fname = "Set File Name What You Want";



$config['file_name'] = $fname;
$config['overwrite'] = false;

Upvotes: 0

nu1_ww
nu1_ww

Reputation: 536

If you want to change the upload file name, try this:

$newFileName = $_FILES['userfile']['name'];
// You can setfilename in config for upload
$config['file_name'] = $new_name;

Upvotes: 5

Sudhir Bastakoti
Sudhir Bastakoti

Reputation: 100175

You can set your filename:

$newFileName = $_FILES['some_field']['name'];
$fileExt = array_pop(explode(".", $newFileName));
$filename = md5(time()).".".$fileExt;

//set filename in config for upload
$config['file_name'] = $filename;

Hope it helps

Upvotes: 1

Ben Swinburne
Ben Swinburne

Reputation: 26477

You can set configuration variables to achive both of the things you've asked. The following configuration variables can be found in the manual page

Setting a file name for your uploaded file

file_name None Desired file name

If set CodeIgniter will rename the uploaded file to this name. The extension provided in the file name must also be an allowed file type.

Ensuring the filename is unique

overwrite FALSE TRUE/FALSE (boolean)

If set to true, if a file with the same name as the one you are uploading exists, it will be overwritten. If set to false, a number will be appended to the filename if another with the same name exists.

And you can set these configuration variables as follows

$config['file_name'] = 'myfile';
$config['overwrite'] = false;

$this->load->library('upload', $config);

// Alternately you can set preferences by calling the initialize function. Useful if you auto-load the class:
$this->upload->initialize($config);

Upvotes: 5

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