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Salathe · 10-17-2007, 10:12 PM

PHP Code:


			
// Old, wrong
$file_name = str_replace($ext[0], strtolower($info['username']), $ext);

// New, slightly better
$file_name = str_replace($ext[0], strtolower($info['username']), $_FILES['upload_avatar']['name']);

You were trying to do a string replacement (str_replace()) on an array ($ext). If you read the PHP manual page, you'd know that if an array is used then the return value is also an array. Because of that, when you try to put together the $directory variable, PHP converts the $file_name array into a string: "Array". That's why your files were being called Array.ext.

10-17-2007, 10:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
Salathe Moderateur Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,393 Thanks: 5	PHP Code: `// Old, wrong $file_name = str_replace($ext[0], strtolower($info['username']), $ext); // New, slightly better $file_name = str_replace($ext[0], strtolower($info['username']), $_FILES['upload_avatar']['name']);` You were trying to do a string replacement (`str_replace()`) on an array (`$ext`). If you read the PHP manual page, you'd know that if an array is used then the return value is also an array. Because of that, when you try to put together the `$directory` variable, PHP converts the `$file_name` array into a string: "Array". That's why your files were being called Array.ext.