> Hi Asaf, > > Thanks for the advice. That sounds like a good solution. One > thing I was > wondering about is... when my PHP script saves the uploaded image to > the web server, how should the image be named [uniquely]? The > problem is > that if the user specifes the name of the image file, there's > a chance > he'll name another one the same way (and thus overwrite the > original). I > was thinking of maybe a dual approach, where the user gives the image > file a name, but then the PHP script appends, say, the table name and > record ID--so as to make the filename unique. > > What do you think? Is that how you do it? (Or is there a better way??)
If you have a table that stores information about the images then I suggest you use the record ID alone (with the correct file-extension) as a filename. This will allways be unique, otherwise you probably have trouble with your dB aswell... This is how I do it. Regards Joakim Andersson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php