rename file names php

Question

I need to swap file names using php. For example I have two files, first file: image1.jpg and the second file: image2.jpg. I want to swap the file names. So that the first file will be names image2.jpg and the second file will be named image1.jpg;

my failed attempt at this:

function swap($name1, $name2)
{
    $tempName1 = "temporary1";
    $tempName2 = "temporary2";
    myRename($name1, $tempName1);
    myRename($name2, $tempName2);
    myRename($tempName1, $name2);
    myRename($tempName2, $name1);
}

function myRename($oldTitle, $newTitle)
{
    $oldDirectory = "images/".$oldTitle.".jpg";
    $newDirectory = "images/".$newTitle.".jpg";
    rename($oldDirectory, $newDirectory);
}

How can I successfully swap the names?

Thank you for the responses. I found the actual problem, renaming was working, but not as quick as I needed. The way I solved this problem was to copy the files delete the originals, then copy them back with the new names — user906357, Jan 05 '14 at 18:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '14 at 22:01

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<?php
rename('images/image1.jpg','images/tmp.jpg');
rename('images/image2.jpg','images/image1.jpg');
rename('images/tmp.jpg','images/image2.jpg');

answered Jan 02 '14 at 22:01

Samuel Cook

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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function myRename($oldTitle, $newTitle)
{
$fullpath="C:\HD path to that file";//sth like that for full path
    $oldDirectory = $fullpath."images/".$oldTitle.".jpg";
    $newDirectory = $fullpath."images/".$newTitle.".jpg";
    rename($oldDirectory, $newDirectory);
}

Use absolute or relative path to rename

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Jan 02 '14 at 22:07

Gun2sh

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '14 at 22:36

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Something like this will solve your problem:

swap($file1, $file2, 'test/');

function swap ($name1, $name2, $dir = '') {
    rename($name1, $name1 . '-tmp');
    rename($name2, $name2 . '-tmp');
    rename($name2 . '-tmp', $dir . $name1);
    rename($name1 . '-tmp', $dir . $name2);
}

Hope this helps!

answered Jan 02 '14 at 22:36

m79lkm

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the directory also needs to exist before the function is executed - you can add code to check it and then create it if it does not exist – m79lkm Jan 02 '14 at 22:42

rename file names php

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