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Asked: 2026-06-14T10:58:57+00:00

I am trying to handle duplicate filenames. if a user uploads a file name

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I am trying to handle duplicate filenames. if a user uploads a file name called “file” then another user uploads a file called “file” I want to be able to add a 1 to the new file so it would be now called “1file”. I am able to do this but my issue is when someone uploades “file” for a third time it overrides “1file” I need the 1 to increase. I am using The yii framework

Here is my function in my controller:

function actionIndex(){
  //$dir = Yii::getPathOfAlias('application.images');
  //$dir is a variable that will hold the files uploaded
  $dir = Yii::app()->controller->module->cssFolder;
  //uploaded is a flag to see if we need to display a success/error message
  $uploaded = false;
  $model=new CssUpload();
  if(isset($_POST['CssUpload'])){
      $model->attributes=$_POST['CssUpload'];
      //see if file is correct format and allows us to see and save the file
      $file=CUploadedFile::getInstance($model,'file');
      if($model->validate()){
         $i = 0;
         //trying to add a int to the front/end of a duplicate file
         //able to handle the duplicate one time then gets stuck in an infinete loop
         //(it actually breaks on the first duplictae but it uploads)
        do{
            if(file_exists($dir.'/'.$file)){
                    //increase $i by 1 every time it loops through
                   $i++;
                   //for test purposes only
                   echo $i;
                  //upload the file
                  $uploaded = $file->saveAs($dir.'/'.$i.$file->getName());
                   //stops the infinute loop
                   break;
           }

       }while(file_exists($dir.'/'.$file));
         //upload the original file with no new extensions
         $uploaded = $file->saveAs($dir.'/'.$file->getName());

    }
  }

  $this->render('index', array(
     'model' => $model,
     'uploaded' => $uploaded,
     'dir' => $dir,
  ));

}

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well I think you have two options:

    • append something like microtime() to the end of the filename, that way it’s virtually impossible for you to have the same file name twice.

    • if you need the files to be kept in order and don’t want to use the approach above, then you’d have to store the last inserted number in a database and then retrieve it, increment and store again.

    I use the YII framework as well, but can’t remember of anything specific to Yii that would help you here.

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