Re: rename an uploaded file.

Bosky, Dave wrote:

I seem to be having some trouble renaming a file after uploading it. It always returns a warning message indicating I have an invalid attribute in my rename statement. <snip>

$old = 'C:\\homedirectory\uploadedfiles\\newfile.gif'; $new = 'C:\\homedirectory\\uploadedfiles\\2005-08-05-09:00:00.gif'; move_uploaded_file(temp fileuploaded, $old); rename($old,$new);

Colons (:) are not allowed in Windows filenames. Also, you don't need to escape the backslashes when using single quotes. -Stuart