rename image AS it's being uploaded HELP?

Fritz

I have the image upload thing off the ground...

I really want to rename the image based on a column in the users table (like theirid.jpg) ...

all I have is...

<?php
if ($_FILES['face']['type'] == "image/jpeg")

{copy ($_FILES['face']['tmp_name'], "/mypath/".$_FILES['face']['name'])  or die ("Could not copy"); }
?>

any thoughts on HOW I can change/feed the value of 'name'

Bottom line I have having a hard time finding examples of more detailed filed uploading scripts...

any help is appreciated.

matt_4013

Hi there!

I haven't had that much experience with file uploading, but I've done a bit. Just had a look through the manual though, and the copy function just accepts a string as it's second parameter. So, I figure that you should be able to specify exactly what you want it to be copied as. Rather than having this:

<?php
if ($_FILES['face']['type'] == "image/jpeg")

{copy ($_FILES['face']['tmp_name'], "/mypath/".$_FILES['face']['name'])  or die ("Could not copy"); }
?>

Try this:

//set the image path to whatever you want it to be
$img_path = "/mypath/foo/bar.jpg";

if($_FILES['face']['type'] == "image/jpeg") {

copy($_FILES['face']['tmp_name'], $img_path) or die("Could not copy from ".$_FILES['face']['tmp_name']." to ".$img_path);

}