php random image file name
try using the php uniqid
method to generate the unique id you need
http://php.net/manual/en/function.uniqid.php
$RandomAccountNumber = uniqid();
move_uploaded_file($ProfilePicTemp, "Content/" . $RandomAccountNumber);
When I upload images, I usually save it as the sha1()
of the image's contents (sha1_file()
). That way, you get two birds with one stone: You'll never (if you do, go fill out the closest lottery) get duplicate file names, AND, you'll prevent duplicate images (because duplicate images would have the same checksum).
Then, you have a database to sort out which image is which, and correctly display them to the user.
This is what I use when uploading pictures: a combination of session_id(), time() and a random string:
$rand = genRandomString();
$final_filename = $rand."_".session_id()."_".time();
function genRandomString()
{
$length = 5;
$characters = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWZYZ";
$real_string_length = strlen($characters) ;
$string="id";
for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++)
{
$string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, $real_string_length-1)];
}
return strtolower($string);
}
I hope this help.