Laravel : To rename an uploaded file automatically

Question

I am allowing users to upload any kind of file on my page, but there might be a clash in names of files. So, I want to rename the file automatically, so that anytime any fil

Answer 1

at the top after namespace use Storage;

    Just do something like this ....

// read files $excel = $request->file('file');

// rename file
$excelName = time().$excel->getClientOriginalName();

// rename to anything
$excelName = substr($excelName, strpos($excelName, '.c'));
$excelName = 'Catss_NSE_'.date("M_D_Y_h:i_a_").$excelName;
$excel->move(public_path('equities'),$excelName);

This guy collect the extension only:

 $excelName = substr($excelName, strpos($excelName, '.c'));

This guy rename its: $excelName = 'Catss_NSE_'.date("M_D_Y_h:i_a_").$excelName;