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I recently create a custom component with Component Creator, and I have a form in admin area that uploads file...

But I can't upload files with same name it's going to replace the previous file, now I want to rename the file on upload not moving them is the best idea?

I don't know how to rename a file on upload, I've used the save() function in my component controller but it didn't work.

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    Why not simply check to see if a file of that name already exists and if so, add a _1 on to the end. Of course, you will have to increment the number in a while loop
    – Lodder
    Mar 14, 2016 at 12:29
  • could you please share the code and say where should i put it .... in component controller ??? if that's works it's a big help, thanks
    – Arash Yazdani
    Mar 14, 2016 at 12:36
  • check this here - stackoverflow.com/questions/12909324/…
    – Joomler
    Mar 14, 2016 at 13:19
  • @Joomla, I'd recommend linking to this answer: stackoverflow.com/a/19431372/1362108 ....The answers that have been upvoted are using old, deprecated methods
    – Lodder
    Mar 14, 2016 at 13:23
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    Instead of using a while loop in increment the number just use the current unix timestamp. It would be nearly impossible to have duplicates using that method. <?php echo $filename.'_'.time().'.extension';?>
    – Terry Carter ♦
    Mar 14, 2016 at 15:40

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Just get the filename of your save() function, then split the name into two halves on the first occurring dot.

$img_name = $file['name'];  
$img = explode(".", $img_name, 2);  
$file['name'] = $img[0].'_'.rand().'.'.$img[1];
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To make unique file name of uploaded file, you can concatenate file name with current time-stamp in save() function in your component. For example:

$fileName = $fileName . '_' . time();

Hope this will help you.

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