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Try this<br />

<pre><code id="code-985648">if (file_exists($upload_directory_to.$file)) {
    $file = $file.&quot;2&quot;;
//or rename it however you like in this section
}
</code></pre>
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Try this


if (file_exists($upload_directory_to.$file)) {
    $file = $file."2";
//or rename it however you like in this section
}


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Hmm for your filename we need to put it before the extension...<br />

<pre><code id="code-985657">if (file_exists($upload_directory_to.$file)) {

$info = pathinfo($file);
$file_name =  basename($file,'.'.$info['extension']);
$file = $file_name.&quot;_2&quot;.$info['extension'];
}
</code></pre>
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Hmm for your filename we need to put it before the extension...


if (file_exists($upload_directory_to.$file)) {

$info = pathinfo($file);
$file_name =  basename($file,'.'.$info['extension']);
$file = $file_name."_2".$info['extension'];
}


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Hello, <br />
I'm using the below snippet of php to copy a file from one directory to another, but if the $file already exists in the $upload_directory_to it just overwrites it. &nbsp;I would rather it keep the original and rename it filename(1) or something like that. &nbsp;The reason being that I'm inserting a record in my DB each time as even though the $file has the same name, it may be a different file. &nbsp;Any recommendations?<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-26440342-1">if (!copy($upload_directory_from.$file, $upload_directory_to.$file)) {
    echo &quot;failed to copy $file...\n&quot;;
}</code></pre>
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Hello, 
I'm using the below snippet of php to copy a file from one directory to another, but if the $file already exists in the $upload_directory_to it just overwrites it.  I would rather it keep the original and rename it filename(1) or something like that.  The reason being that I'm inserting a record in my DB each time as even though the $file has the same name, it may be a different file.  Any recommendations?
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how to not overwrite image using php copy command

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