Rename uploaded file (php)

Question

I\'m trying to rename a file I\'m uploading.

I will be uploading a xml or pdf file, and I want it to be in a folder called \"files/orderid/\" and the filen

Answer 1

You set the target file to be the name of the file. You should be setting a different name.

Try this:

$target_dir = "files/$id/";
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$target_file = "{$target_dir}{$id}.{$imageFileType};

Answer 2

Thanks guy, it all helped.

My solution was to make a variable with the extension, and then use that through out the file.

//Check file extension
$path = $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"];
$ext = pathinfo($path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);

and then

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], "files/$id/$id.$ext"

Answer 3

Rename the file as below

$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$target_file = $target_dir . $id . '.' . $imageFileType;

And then

move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file);