as Willerich
Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Upload images with minimun effort from final user.
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Matthias,
The md5 approach is just added security, which is something I always use
in
situations like this. All it really does is mask it, so a user can't
see
what the ID is (or th
Matthias,
The md5 approach is just added security, which is something I always use in
situations like this. All it really does is mask it, so a user can't see
what the ID is (or that it's a sequential number at all) and therefore view
images they were not intended to see. For example, if the
A.J. Brown:
A better solution is to rename the image to the unique ID of the news
article it's associated with (assuming there is only one image allowed per
article). This helps eliminate the chances of overwriting an existing image
without bothering the user with error messages. When I do this,
You can store the original name of the uploaded file in your news table by
extracting it from the variable you use to save the image, so there is no
need for the user to input . Check this link:
http://us3.php.net/features.file-upload
A better solution is to rename the image to the unique ID o
You have just to rename the image with the news ID !
Perhaps I did not understand correctly your question ?
Tell me if you want also an example (in french, sorry) of the upload and
rename, etc wioth pear quickform
David Arroyo wrote:
Hi @ll,
I have to make an interface for a newspaper site
