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Originally posted by HuwR

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Originally posted by AnonJr

What's available in PHP that makes the difference?

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the ability to check if a file exists on the server

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// Check if a file exists and update the status
function checkFileExists ( sFile, sFolder )
{
	var xmlhttp = getXMLHttpObject ( );
	if ( xmlhttp && fileExistStat && sFile != '' )
	{
		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function ( )
		{
			if ( xmlhttp.readyState == 4 )
			{
				if ( xmlhttp.status == 200 )
				{
					fileExistStat.innerHTML += xmlhttp.responseText;
					fileExistStat.style.display = fileExistStat.innerHTML == '' ? 'none' : 'block';
				}
			}
		}
		xmlhttp.open ( 'GET', 'upload.php?action=checkfile&folder=' + sFolder + '&file=' + escape ( sFile ), true );
		xmlhttp.send ( null );
	}
}

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Originally posted by AnonJr

How is that different from using the FileSystem object? Don't you still have to do the whole round-trip with either scripting language? Or is the lack of sleep getting to me?

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Originally posted by HuwR

so, if you already have the answer, why are you asking the question ?

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{
	$files = gpc ( 'files', 'P', array() );
	$folder = path_decode ( gpc ( 'folder', 'P', '' ) );
	$path 	= $user_root . $folder . '/';

	for ( $i = 0; $i < count ( $files ); ++$i )
	{
		if ( is_file ( $path . $files[$i] ) )
		{
			print parse ( $lang_upload['upl_file_exists_warn'], array ( '{file}' => htmlentities ( $files[$i] ), '{folder}' => ( $folder == '' ? $lang_misc['main_folder'] : basename ( $folder ) ) ) );
		}
	}
}

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Originally posted by HuwR

Ok, it is very simple to check if a file exists on the server using the fso, it is not possible however to check if the file you are about to upload exists because you need to post the form first before you can get at the filename, you can get at the filename using clientside javascript but you can't check if it exists on the server using clientside javascript, PHP does not have this security restriction

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  filename = Year(Now) & Month(Now) & Day(Now) &  Hour(Now) & Minute(Now) & Second(Now) & "_" & filename

  filename = DateToStr(DateAdd("h", dtDateTime, strForumTimeAdjust)) & "_" & filename

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Originally posted by Classicmotorcycling

According to the outputFile.asp (line 79) the file is saved with the current Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Second at the front of the filename that is uploaded, which in my books would give it a different name each time a file is uploaded.

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