On Wed, March 30, 2005 5:44 am, William Stokes said:
> I got a bit frustrated with image upload stuff with different image name
> problems. So I created a system that gives the uploaded imaged a random
> numeric name between 1-10 000 000 and saves the file to a server folder
> and
> the image name
>
> JW> I'll take absolutely bullet-proof and handled/supressed warnings,
> JW> over relatively bullet-proof.
>
> That would be fine if your previous solution was absolutely
> bullet-proof, or for that matter provided a solution for the
> original problem of renaming uploaded files and keeping
I agree with this solution, though it only effects the OP if he is using a
login system of sorts.
Martin Austin
"Mikey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
03/30/2005 12:39 PM
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> Hello Jared,
>
> Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:02:58 PM, you wrote:
>
> JW> I'll take absolutely bullet-proof an
Hello Jared,
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 7:02:58 PM, you wrote:
JW> I'll take absolutely bullet-proof and handled/supressed warnings,
JW> over relatively bullet-proof.
That would be fine if your previous solution was absolutely
bullet-proof, or for that matter provided a solution for the original
> Sure, at the base level the issue is simply the uniqueness of
> the filename. So there are several options open in this
> regard. Either use an md5'd uniqid rand combination (as on
> the uniqid manual page) and just go with that, operating
> under the assumption that the chances of a conf
Hello Jared,
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 6:27:14 PM, you wrote:
JW> If you think you have another method please elaborate.
Sure, at the base level the issue is simply the uniqueness of the
filename. So there are several options open in this regard. Either use
an md5'd uniqid rand combination (as
> JW> You cannot guarentee the filename you think doesn't exist with the
> JW> file_exists() doesn't exist when you eventually fopen() it,
> JW> otherwise.
>
> Using the original posters method, I agree. But there are
> plenty of ways around this without forcing a warning to occur
> (or having
Hello Jared,
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 4:51:01 PM, you wrote:
>> If you're happy with your scripts generating E_WARNING's all
>> over the place then yes. Personally, I'm not.
JW> You cannot guarentee the filename you think doesn't exist with the
JW> file_exists() doesn't exist when you eventual
> JW> If want to create a unique filename, and are using PHP4.3.2 or
> JW> better, use fopen() with the 'x' or 'x+' mode, rather than
> JW> file_exists().
>
> If you're happy with your scripts generating E_WARNING's all
> over the place then yes. Personally, I'm not.
Use @ to surpress them.
Hello Jared,
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 4:16:31 PM, you wrote:
JW> If want to create a unique filename, and are using PHP4.3.2
JW> or better, use fopen() with the 'x' or 'x+' mode, rather than
JW> file_exists().
If you're happy with your scripts generating E_WARNING's all over the
place then yes
>
> I got a bit frustrated with image upload stuff with different
> image name problems. So I created a system that gives the
> uploaded imaged a random numeric name between 1-10 000 000
> and saves the file to a server folder and the image name to mysql DB.
>
> Is there a so sort of a problem
Instead of generating filenames with random numbers, why not take a
timestamp and use this as filenames?
/frank
2005-03-30 kl. 14.44 skrev William Stokes:
Hello,
I got a bit frustrated with image upload stuff with different image
name
problems. So I created a system that gives the uploaded image
use a SQL statement to check if that number exists if not then its fine
if it does then generate another no and check again, until there is a
unique number generated.
hope this helps
angelo
William Stokes wrote:
Hello,
I got a bit frustrated with image upload stuff with different image name
pro
Hello William,
Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 1:44:01 PM, you wrote:
WS> Is there a so sort of a problem here that I am not thinking of? I
WS> only can imagine problem that the rand() gives the same value
WS> twice. But I cant see this as a major problem because there would
WS> be maybe not more than
Hello,
I got a bit frustrated with image upload stuff with different image name
problems. So I created a system that gives the uploaded imaged a random
numeric name between 1-10 000 000 and saves the file to a server folder and
the image name to mysql DB.
Is there a so sort of a problem here t
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