Renaming file before uploading

[micmac]

Hello all,
I can't seem to get my file uploader to rename the file before uploading to the directory.
Here is the code:

$UPLOAD_PATH = "C:/phpdev/www/SWIFTFLIX sell/cover_images/";
$UPLOAD_NUM  = 1;

global $UPLOAD_PATH, 
	   $UPLOAD_NUM,
	   $HTTP_POST_FILES;

$buff = '';
$error = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i < $UPLOAD_NUM; $i++)
{
	$name = $HTTP_POST_FILES["File$i"]['name'];
	$tmp  = $HTTP_POST_FILES["File$i"]['tmp_name'];
    $ext = $HTTP_POST_FILES["File$i"]['type'];

if (strstr($ext,"jpeg"))
{
$ext=".jpg";
}
elseif (strstr($ext,"gif"))
{
$ext=".gif";
}
else
{
echo "ERROR: That type of file is not allowed. Only gif/jpeg are allowed.";
echo "<br><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"history.back(); return(false);\">Back</a>";
exit;
}

$sql_query ="INSERT INTO movie (movie_title, movie_pitch, movie_release_date, movie_duration, movie_classification,
 movie_format, movie_sound, movie_studio, movie_status)
VALUES ('$movie_title','$movie_pitch','$movie_release_date','$movie_duration','$movie_classification','$movie_format','$movie_sound',
'$movie_studio','$movie_status')";
$result = mysql_query($sql_query);
$running_id = mysql_insert_id();

$sql_update ="UPDATE movie SET movie_cover_small='$running_id"."_cover_small$ext' WHERE movie_id=$running_id";
$result1 = mysql_query($sql_update);

    if (!is_uploaded_file ($tmp))
		continue;

	$buff .= "$name";

	if (!@move_uploaded_file($tmp, $UPLOAD_PATH."/".$name)) 
		$error = 1;
}

Basically i want it renamed to

$running_id"."_cover_small$ext
//this value is what is also inserted into the mySQL DB

Any ideas on how to go about this?

Cheers,
micmac

[adamgeorge]

Why do you need to rename the file? You give it whatever name you want when you upload it

 if (!@move_uploaded_file($tmp, $UPLOAD_PATH . "/" . $running_id . "_cover_small" . $ext))
   $error = 1;

You follow? it's up to you whether you want to use the original filename, ($HTTP_POST_FILES["File$i"]['name']) or another one.

hope that helps,
-Adam 🙂