I am storing the upload user files for each user as follow
id, Image name, user_id
1, 456.jpg, 1
2, 456.jpg, 2
3, 884.jpg, 2
4, a111.jpg, 2
Suppose t 123.jpg do not exists on server
and user1 want to upload the 123.jpg
id, Image name, user_id
1, 123.jpg , 1
I will store this image name and image as it is
Suppose user5 wish to upload (the user is different here) a file whose name is also 123.jpg
I donot want to tell / inform user2 that the file 123.jpg exists
instead wish to store the image with different name
so that the earlier file name upload by the user1 will remain as it is
Storing original image name is not a issue here.
I like to ensure that the old / existing image should not be overwritten
rename and upload mage file
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Re: rename and upload mage file
The the original filename in the database, but rename the file (as it is stored on the server) with something unique.
For instance,
Of course you'll be storing that $filename in the database too.
For instance,
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$filename = $user_id . "-" . uniqid(time(), true) . "." . $extension;