adding extensions

[Trusten]

Ok. I'm trying to make a mod that will allow people to upload files to the site. blah blah blah. sorta like the contribution form that's here. but it's going to be interegrated into the store so that people can search for the files. well, um, that's the plan *cough*.

 

The problem of course arises with the name of the file. Osc has a tendency to overwrite files of the same name. Is there any way that I can make a modification that will attach itself to the file name.

 

 

like

 

with the product ID.

 

like, if the file is testfile.zip

 

once it is trying to save itself to the site, it is called 67testfile.zip

 

and 67 would be the product id.

 

is there any way i can do that?

 

overall, is there any thing i can do? it will be using the admin type area. Since that area is chalked full of all the codes.

 

any help will be apreciated....

[Rumble]

Only a suggestion not a solution;

 

Instead of attaching the product id to it why not make it completely unique by adding the date and time code to it like the back up does in the admin section.

 

therefore testfile.zip would be uploaded to something like testfile20030206121635.zip

 

where the number is yyyymmddhhmmss

 

Looks ugly but would be less likely to get duplicate files.

 

You would need to take a look at the 'backup.php' file in the admin folder to lead you in the right direction.

 

Wish i could help you further but hopefully someone with better php coding knowledge could take this further.

 

Good luck.

 

Reddy to Rumble

[Trusten]

very good idea!

 

um, COULD you help me further please???

 

it's hard enough as it is. :cry:

[mattice]

// we have an incoming file (temp.zip) in $file



// create stamp

 $now = date("m-d-Y_H.i.s");



// merge 

 $stamped_file = $now . '-' . $file;



// rename

 rename("/tmp/$file", "/home/yoursite/downloads/$stamped_file");

 

Outcome would now be something like

02-05-2003_15.32.22-temp.zip

 

Mattice

[Trusten]

where would i put that?

[Trusten]

mattice, what file is that code located in?

[mattice]

I just wrote that from scratch :)

It's not in any osC file, you'll have to implement it manually in wherever you need it.

 

Mattice