Help with rename and unlink script please

[Dynamo]

I am trying to upload a file and then rename the file as something else.
Everything worked fine unless the renamed filename already existed. So I added
some extra code to check if the filename already existed and if so to delete it
before renaming the uploaded file. Everything now works fine in the following
code:

$uploaddir = 'images/';
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILE S['userfile']['name']);
echo '<pre>';
if (move_uploaded_ file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile)) {
$imagefilename = $_POST['imagefilename'];
$renamedfile = $uploaddir . $imagefilename;
if (file_exists($r enamedfile)) {
unlink($renamed file);
}
rename($uploadf ile , $renamedfile);
}
else {
echo "There was an error in your file upload. \n";
echo 'Here is some more debugging info:';
print_r($_FILES );
}

That seems like a lot of code to do something relatively simple. So my question
is, is there a simpler way like forcing the rename function to overwrite an
existing file with the same filename if it exists.

Regards
Dynamo

[Sjoerd]

Dynamo wrote:

I am trying to upload a file and then rename the file as something else.
Everything worked fine unless the renamed filename already existed.
Are you sure? The documentation for move_uploaded_f ile says: If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.

You can do an unlink and then move the file, even if the destination
does not exist:
@unlink($destin ation);
move_uploaded_f ile($source, $destination);

The @ is there to avoid any errors if the $destination file does not
exist.

[Dynamo]

Yes I'm sure. It is not move_uploaded_f ile that is causing the problem. It is
the rename function that is causing the headache. To explain better, lets say
I'm uploading a picture called mypicture.jpg. There is nothing in the uploaded
filename that associates it with a record in a mysql table. So once the file has
been uploaded I then rename it as 21.jpg by using
rename('mypictu re.jpg','21.jpg ')
I can now associate 21.jpg with a record in my table where the id=21
The problem lies in the fact that at some point in time I might want to change
the picture that is asscociated with this record. In that instance if I use
rename('mynewpi cture.jpg','21. jpg')
then 21.jpg already exists and I get a warning message that the file already
exists and hence is not renamed.

Hope that explains it more fully.
Regards
Dynamo

In article <11************ **********@u72g 2000cwu.googleg roups.com>, Sjoerd
says...

Are you sure? The documentation for move_uploaded_f ile says:

If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.

[Rik]

Dynamo wrote:

Yes I'm sure. It is not move_uploaded_f ile that is causing the problem. It is
the rename function that is causing the headache. To explain better, lets say
I'm uploading a picture called mypicture.jpg. There is nothing in the uploaded
filename that associates it with a record in a mysql table. So once the file has
been uploaded I then rename it as 21.jpg by using
rename('mypictu re.jpg','21.jpg ')

Why store it with the actual filename and rename it afterwards? You'll
have 2 files, one of which you aren't going to use... Or are you doing
something else with it?

$uploaddir = 'images/';
if (!move_uploaded _file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploaddir.
$_POST['imagefilename'])) {
echo "There was an error in your file upload. \n";
echo 'Here is some more debugging info:';
print_r($_FILES );
}

[otrWalter]

Dynamo wrote:

That seems like a lot of code to do something relatively simple. So my question
is, is there a simpler way like forcing the rename function to overwrite an
existing file with the same filename if it exists.

Yes, file upload can be a PITA, if not done right or well.

After searching, digging through scripts, I finally sat down and made a
class for myself to handle all this.

A few friends tol me to shar eit, so I did...

https://sourceforge.net/projects/php-yacs

the DOWNLOAD has nothing behind it yet, as I can't figure out how to do
that yet. But you go to CVS link, you can get the FILE directory (which
contains the php files) from there.

Hope it helps you.

It renames, moves, copies files as you decide. defines a new name for
an upload if you like. Will overwrite files, if you like, etc.

contact tme if you have any questions (or can tell me how to get SF to
have my set of files download via thier DOWNLAOD button.

Walter