I have a php script that uploads a file to a directory. Since this program doesn't like spaces and crazy characters in the file name, the name gets changed to the current timecode (funky named-4.jpg to 1178253719.jpg). After the change i save both names to a db. This all works great. Next i have a page that reads the directory and displays the timecoded file name, when a user clicks it, it downloads fine. still works great.

I would like to find a way to rename the file on download, to the old saved named of the file (1178253719.jpg to funky named-4.jpg). How can i do this? Thanks.

What do you want? go back to the old name. Then you need to tore that name somewhere.

i have the old name stored. i need to rename it to the stored version on click(download).

heres the fix.

http://www.higherpass.com/php/Tutori...load-Security/

you don't actualy rename the file on download .. you just use headers to say to the browser the name of the file being dowloaded

PHP Code:

$showname='the_file_name_the_download_file_will_have.jpg';
$downloadurl = 'the url to the file being dowloaded';
$size = filesize($downloadurl);
header("Pragma: public");
header("Expires: 0");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Cache-Control: private",false);
header("Content-Type: application/octet-stream");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"".$showname."\";");
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
header("Content-Length: ".$size);
readfile($downloadurl);