[Resolved] File download renamed file

[bengt]

Hello...

I'm making a file download area on one of my sites.

When uploading, should i rename the file to <a unique id>.ext or should I leave the name as it is ex: file.exe?

If I use <a unique id>.ext the file, is there any way to rename this file when a user wants to download it?, or automatically name the file on the download box the user gets?

By using <a unique id>.ext I won't have problems with uploading files with the same name.

U know what I mean?

[visualAd]

You could prefix the file name with the name of the user who downloaded it and strip this off when you are displaying the files and downloading them.

In my opinion, it is easer to ask the user to rename the file himself if it already exists.

[bengt]

It is very likely that there will be duplicate filename, and my users often is a clutz with computers, so I have to make it as simple as possible for them.

But I have resolved the problem. Found a snippet on codewalkers.

<?php
$filesize = filesize("path/to/file/test.exe");
header ("Content-type: octet/stream");
header ("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=newfile.exe;");
header("Content-Length: ".$filesize);
readfile("path/to/file/test.exe");
exit();
?>