note 34303 added to function.tempnam

The tempnam() function will not let you specify a postfix to the filename created. Here is a function that will create a new filename with pre and post fix'es. Not returns false if it can't create in the dir specified where tempnam() creates in the systems temp dir. function newtempnam($dir, $prefix, $postfix){ /* Creates a new non-existant file with the specified post and pre fixes */ if ($dir[strlen($dir) - 1] == '/') { $trailing_slash = ""; } else { $trailing_slash = "/"; } /*The PHP function is_dir returns true on files that have no extension. The filetype function will tell you correctly what the file is */ if (!is_dir(realpath($dir)) || filetype(realpath($dir)) != "dir") { // The specified dir is not actualy a dir return false; } if (!is_writable($dir)){ // The directory will not let us create a file there return false; } do{ $seed = substr(md5(microtime().posix_getpid()), 0, 8); $filename = $dir . $trailing_slash . $prefix . $seed . $postfix; } while (file_exists($filename)); $fp = fopen($filename, "w"); fclose($fp); return $filename; } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.tempnam.php Edit Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+34303 Delete Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+34303&report=yes Reject Note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+34303&report=yes