[SOLVED] PHP to rename file

szboardstretcher · 03-17-2011, 12:18 PM

ive tried:

Code:

//Variables:
$file='my_filename.txt';
$file2='new_filename.txt';

exec ('mv $file $file2');
//(no result)

rename ($file, $file2);
//(no result)

echo getcwd() . "\n";
///var/www/html/

So, what am i missing here?

Guttorm · 03-17-2011, 12:22 PM

Permissions?

Put this in the beginning to get more info:

error_reporting(E_ALL);

szboardstretcher · 03-17-2011, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guttorm

Permissions?

Put this in the beginning to get more info:

error_reporting(E_ALL);

Fixing the file permissions worked for running it from the command line. I am still in the situation though, it isnt working from the web frontend, with this:

Code:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$test = $_POST["filename"];

$test2 = substr($test, 9);

rename("$test", "$test2");

?>

Guttorm · 03-17-2011, 12:29 PM

PHP Code:



rename($oldfile,$newfile) or die(posix_strerror(posix_get_last_error()));

szboardstretcher · 03-17-2011, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guttorm

PHP Code:



rename($oldfile,$newfile) or die(posix_strerror(posix_get_last_error()));

That outputs:

SUCCESS

But the filename isn't changed.

Guttorm · 03-17-2011, 12:41 PM

Hmm. It didn't set errno. What is the contents of $_POST['filename']? Maybe add some output:

echo "rename(\"$test\", \"$test2\");";

Also, you can set display_errors in php.ini of your webserver. It's turned off by default.

szboardstretcher · 03-17-2011, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guttorm

Hmm. It didn't set errno. What is the contents of $_POST['filename']? Maybe add some output:

echo "rename(\"$test\", \"$test2\");";

Also, you can set display_errors in php.ini of your webserver. It's turned off by default.

Got it.

The directory was permissed wrong.

Thanks for the help.