How to rename a fileupload archive assign a id user number

[javier94]

hello..

is possible in a fileupload element.. assign a id user number before the name used by the user..

imagine than a user upload a file.. i would like that when the user save this fileupload.. the name of the archive will be.... userid number + "name called by the user" for this file..

Is possible?? or make something similar??

thanks in advance

Javier94

 

[achartier]

You have 2 options. First you can insert php code in the fileupload element Rename Code area that will return the new name of the file, or second you can add a onAfterprocess form plugin to do the same but you will need to change the filename on the server with a JFile type call. The first option is probably easier unless you want to move the file after it has been uploaded.

 

[troester]

If it's not essential to have the userid directly in the filename you can define the upload folder to include the userid with a placeholder {$my->id}

 

[cheesegrits]

As @achartier said, the easiest way to change the filename itself is the rename feature in the upload element settings.

Something like ...

return $this->user->get->('id') . $filename;

-- hugh