https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names Gravity Support Forums Topic: How to prevent uploading duplicate file names? en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:47:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-342082 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:44:14 +0000 Field2 342082@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK, filling out a form now. Thanks! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-342081 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:43:15 +0000 Rob Harrell 342081@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>What version of GF are you using? Can you please fill out a priority support form and include all necessary details and logins (FTP, WP Admin, phpmyadmin access) so we can take a closer look:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/priority-support/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/priority-support/</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-342026 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 09:19:22 +0000 Field2 342026@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi guys, I really need help on this. The form software isn't working; it's allowing duplicates; some people's files are overwriting others' files. I don't know what else I can do on my end. Please help!!! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-323544 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:55 +0000 Field2 323544@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK, I thought it had to prevent dupes, but I added that to make sure. What's happening is that some entrants are seeing other entrants' photos posted as their own. I can provide login creds if needed. Thanks so much for your help. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-323543 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:24:55 +0000 Field2 323543@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>OK, I thought it had to prevent dupes, but I added that to make sure. What's happening is that some entrants are seeing other entrants' photos posted as their own. I can provide login creds if needed. Thanks so much for your help. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-323539 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:19:12 +0000 David Peralty 323539@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>By default, our file uploader wouldn't allow duplicate names, it would append a -1 or -2 after them like WordPress' media uploader does, but because you've changed how things work, it isn't doing that. Not sure why your random file name generator isn't working. I can pass this thread to our developers to take a look though. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/how-to-prevent-uploading-duplicate-file-names#post-323401 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:07:17 +0000 Field2 323401@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, I have a contest where people can upload a picture to win a prize. The problem is, if two people post an image called "image.jpg", the newer post (I think) overwrites the older post.</p> <p>I'm running a validation function to prevent images that are too large or too small here:</p> <p><a href="http://pastebin.com/jRT9wXwk" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/jRT9wXwk</a></p> <p>On lines 27 and 28, I added a random number to the front of the file name, but I don't think it's working--even though when I look in the upload directory, I see the random number. Can you please tell me how to prevent duplicate files from being uploaded to the server? Thanks,<br /> Ben </p>