File Upload Class: Change file name

[eluser]Gavin Vickery[/eluser]
Why do you want to rename the file? Personal preference, or in case another file with the same filename is uploaded?

If its because of duplicate filenames, the File Upload class already checks for this, and adds a number on to the file name (unless of course you allow overwrites in the File Upload config).

If you still want to change the filename, you could just rename it using PHP's native rename function after the file has been uploaded.

Example:

Code:

rename($data['file_name'], 'new_name'.$data['file_ext']);

If your file was 'example.jpg', this would change it to 'new_name.jpg'. If you need to use the path to the file name, you could do this:

Code:

rename($data['file_path'].$data['file_name'], $data['file_path'].'new_name'.$data['file_ext']);

Hope that answers your question.