[Resolved] how do i name my uploaded file with its original filename?

[jasonmills58]

When I upload and move_uploaded_file() the file ends up named after the NAME field on the html page. I know - no big surprise. But how do I get to automatically be named what the file was named when it was uploaded? I'm sure it has something to with basename(), but i don't know how to implement it. I've looked at the manual and every tutorial i could find, and everybody seems pleased as punch that the file is named after the NAME field, and not its original name.

in closing, my file gets where its going, i just need to know how give the move_uploaded_file() the file's original name.

thanks for the help 😕

$file_dir = "/home/httpd/vhosts/babysteps.tv/httpdocs/counterpoint/uploads";
$file_url = "http://babysteps.tv/counterpoint/uploads";
foreach( $_FILES as $file_name => $file_array ) {
	print "path: ".$file_array['tmp_name']."<br>\n";
	print "name: ".$file_array['name']."<br>\n";
	print "type: ".$file_array['type']."<br>\n";
	print "size ".$file_array['size']."<br>\n";
	move_uploaded_file( $file_array['tmp_name'], "$file_dir/$file_name" )
		or die ("Couldn't Copy");
}

[leatherback]

Hi,

look at this:

$old_name  = $_FILES[file][name];
$newfile   = $absolute_path.'/'.$old_name;
$file_name = $_FILES[file][tmp_name];

move_uploaded_file($file_name, $newfile) or $endresult = "Couldn't Copy File To Server";

where you set the absolute_path to the path to the folder where you want to place the file. $oldname in this case is set to the filename of the original file. But you could give it any name you'd want.

J.

[jasonmills58]

thanks for that, you got me going in the right direction. i got it worked out like this:

$file_dir = "/home/httpd/vhosts/babysteps.tv/httpdocs/counterpoint/uploads";
$file_url = "http://babysteps.tv/counterpoint/uploads";
foreach( $_FILES as $file_name => $file_array ) {
	print "path: ".$file_array['tmp_name']."<br>\n";
	print "name: ".$file_array['name']."<br>\n";
	print "type: ".$file_array['type']."<br>\n";
	print "size ".$file_array['size']."<br>\n";
	move_uploaded_file( $file_array['tmp_name'], $file_dir.'/'.$file_array['name'] )
		or die ("Couldn't Copy");
}

should this work for multiple files? how would i walk through that upload array?

thanks again!