note 56772 added to function.rename

From: Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:27:50 +0000
Subject: note 56772 added to function.rename
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I needed to move a file to another folder regardless if that file existed in the target already so I wrote a small piece to append a unique number to each file. $rem = $_GET['file']; $ticket = uniqid(rand(), true); rename("$rem", "www/home/storefile/$ticket$rem"); the output looks like this - 6881432893ad4925a1.70147481filename.txt This also helps if you want different versions of the file stored. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rename.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+56772 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+56772&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+56772&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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