[Resolved] Assing unique names

[amrigo]

Hi !

I want to assign unique names to my uploaded photos.

As i am sending two images in the same time, in the same form, i would like to ask if the method i am using :

• date("U") + HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR

Do the job of assigning unique names even that two files are being sent from the same form?

To prevent the two files being overrided and stored as just one file .

The date("U") format assign unique timestamp?

If not wich method can i use?

Here is my code:

$ext = strrchr($_FILES['thephoto']['name'], '.');

$FILES['thephoto']['name']=date("U").$SERVER[HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR].".".$ext;

[bastien]

Why not use Date('U') and the image name, its not likely to mess things up...

[amrigo]

not the image name because i can not allow white espaces and special characters that are replaced by %20 and others ..

So the img url is not rendered the correct way , so i need to replace the name whatever it be to always be unique and ensure it will render the html the correct way.

Do you have a way to replace white space and accents?

[bastien]

replace the unwanted characters in the image name with _ (the underscore)

[amrigo]

thank´s

[BuzzLY]

I'm sure it's just another unfortunate case of dyslexia, but perhaps you should be a little careful about the position of your g's and your n's... 😉

[amrigo]

Thank you for being so helpful!