best way to upload and rename an image

[eluser]llbbl[/eluser]
[quote author="FuzzyJared" date="1193192972"]lol I really didn't mean to set off a fire here.

The difference is that if I upload an image of the same name during my process, it appends a number ( 1 as the example ) to the end of the file name, so image.jpg uploaded again would produce image1.jpg on the server. What I did not realize that upon doing that, it would also provide me with image1.jpg as the name as the file instead of just image.jpg which is the name of the local file that I am uploading. The major concern with this problem is that I didn't want the admin to overwrite product images accidentally.

And yes, if this were files being uploaded via non admins I would do a lot more to ensure that the files were not executable via url. And I do appreciate the PDF linked.[/quote]

Even with admin only uploads its still a good thing do it outside web root or have separate sub domain for uploads. Admin accounts can get hacked, esp if you have more than handful accounts the risk goes up. If you _have_ to have it web accessible, on a subdomain or whatever, stopping hotlinking with http.conf or .htaccess.

If the only thing you do is add one number, I would just leave the file name the same. Keeping track of everything in the database is always advisable. I am a fan of what they do in the pdf (also what flickr does) and rename the entire image using random numbers and or hashes.