Re: Uploading files without saving them

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:05 PM, James Colannino <james@colannino.org> wrote: > > Ah, I see. What would happen if two people just happened to upload files > with the same filename at the same time? Would one stomp over the other, or > does PHP have mechanisms to handle that sort of situation? Todd is correct. When you upload a file, it's saved to a temporary directory with a unique filename. Thus, if six people upload the file summer.jpg, you may instead see on the server side: /tmp/PHPf983D93j /tmp/PHPOg4ji23 /tmp/PHPeklS83q .... and so on. Further, as Todd mentioned, unless you explicitly call move_uploaded_files() or perform a similar action, the file will be deleted as soon as the Apache child process dies --- which happens as soon as script execution completes. Keep in mind that this is all assuming that you're using Apache on a *NIX-like system. If you're using IIS, Windows, or anything else, your mileage may vary. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Dedicated Servers - Intel 2.4GHz w/2TB bandwidth/mo. starting at just $59.99/mo. with no contract! Dedicated servers, VPS, and hosting from $2.50/mo.