I want to change the file name, such as the specific time when they submit(Y-M-D-H-I-S).

Thanks in advance.

Changing the name of the uploaded file is not possible, however you can use the "File Prefix" (Edit field > Attributes > File Prefix) functionality to dynamically change it's prefix with PHP

For example, you can use this code :

and it will return the date as a prefix , e.g. :

2014_08_04 11_13_04 uploadedfile.zip

More information on this can be found here:

http://www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/view-article/831-file-upload.html

I have used this example code, thanks a lot.

But,

If the file name is Korean, Japanese or Chinese, then the name garbled.

If the file name is a combination of English and other languages, the prompt box will be displayed "Warning: Failed to move file!"

I found a components ,it can change the name of the file.

and the result is the url like "images/uploads/1/201408041848th7_405815175_1.jpg"

How could I achieve this effect。

Looking forward to your reply.

Is it possible to add the {NAME:value} and the "File Upload" Form Field name to the uploaded file's name?

modernmagic,

As was mentioned, instructions are here
www.rsjoomla.com/support/documentation/v...831-file-upload.html

So for your purpose, you would put the following in the File Prefix:

This would give it a filename that has the value submitted and the _FILE-UPLOAD-FIELD_ value before the original filename that was uploaded.

This second example would add the submitted lastname and firstname values so the filename would look like lastname_firstname_originalfilename.ext

Hope that helps.

(found this thread while trying to clear the original filename off as part of the upload, but appears that can't be done at the moment)

feysherry,

What you're trying to do is rename the file on the fly to get around the other language character sets.

Currently I believe that can't be done due to the RSForm upload not doing a complete rename (or not that I've worked out as yet).

I've done it with Chronoforms for another project, but am keen to do it with RSForms so will post back here if/when I find a solution.

I have been able to get this to work, but only by editing a core file. The edit is nothing too crazy as it just uses the str_replace() method to replace the spaces in the file names with a -. What I did isn't exactly related to what feysherry was looking for, but the name of the file can still be changed to whatever. The file to edit would be /administrator/components/com_rsform/helpers/rsform.php around line 2717. Just look for the following code...


and change to....


You can also replace other odd characters, commas, etc using preg_replace() and a regular expression. The only down side to this is having to edit a core file so if this is used just don't forget to change it again after an update to RSForm Pro. Also don't forget that if there are already files that have been uploaded you'll need to update the names in the database as well as on the server. I can post how to do that if anyone is interested...

aroun,

Nice solution - to avoid having to update the core on it, I've just requested it as a feature moving forward. I've just encountered it as an issue once again (something I only had to do every two years).

I've just submitted a request to get it looked at being added to the component moving forward.


Discuss the feature request more specifically here:
www.rsjoomla.com/forum/37-rsform-pro/280...on-upload.html#36033


Patrick

patrick.jackson wrote: I tried using this with a drop down box, but get 'Array' returned as the value instead of the actual value from the drop down. I have googled for some time now, but cannot get it to work. Can anyone help me?
The current code is:where the Apparatus is the single select drop down menu item on the form.

@s.span the dropdown is an array, thus receiving the Array string. You'll have to signify the actual submitted selection, for example (assuming Apparatus is your dropdown):

This worked! Thank you so much.

In PHP scripts add:

$ext=explode('.',$_FILES);
$ext=$ext[1];
$filename = 'name_of_your_file';
$_FILES=$filename . '.' . $ext;