There's my site:
ineximages.com/upload/

When I upload a photo, it creates a ridiculously long url which is very annoying. Does anyone know enough to make it so that it creates...

-either a url based of the name of the file of the image, and when it matches with something else add on a number or something

-or randomness, but start off with 1 character, then when it runs out of characters move on to using 2 characters in the url... etc

Thanks!

do we get a clue on how the images are stored?

How about the code you have currently?

I believe this is the section of php code that you'll find it in... but I don't quite know how to read it. I'm not sure what you mean by "how the images are stored"... they get uploaded into an ftp directory via php?

PHP Code:

<?php
include('config.php');
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {

    preg_match('/\.([a-zA-Z]+?)$/', $_FILES['file']['name'], $matches);

    if(in_array(strtolower($matches[1]), $accepted)) {

        if($_FILES['file']['size'] <= $maxsize) {

            $newname = md5_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name']).'.'.$matches[1];

            move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $filedir.'/'.$newname);

            $linkurl = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].preg_replace('/\/([^\/]+?)$/', '/', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).'#'.$newname;

            $imgurl = 'http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].preg_replace('/\/([^\/]+?)$/', '/', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).$filedir.'/'.$newname;
            $alt = $_POST["alt"];

            print 'Your picture was uploaded with much success. <p id="codes">
         
          <img src="'.$imgurl.'" height="200" alt="Uploaded Picture" >

            <label for="codebb">BBCode:</label>
            <input type="text" id="codebb" value="[IMG]'.$imgurl.'[/IMG]" onclick="javascript:this.focus();this.select();" readonly="true" /><br />
            <label for="codehtml">HTML Code: </label>
            <input type="text" id="codehtml" value=\'&lt;img src="'.$imgurl.'" alt="'.$alt.'" /&gt;\' onclick="javascript:this.focus();this.select();" readonly="true" /><br />
            <label for="codedirect">Direct Link:</label>
            <input type="text" id="codedirect" value="'.$imgurl.'" onclick="javascript:this.focus();this.select();" readonly="true" /></p>';

        } else 

            print '<p>Sorry, the max picture size is 3mb.</p>';

    } else

        print '<p>Sorry, the filetype you are using is not allowed.</p>';

}

?>

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to bump, and I can't find the rules... so.. here goes, please don't hurt me.

and I can't find the rules

We hide them at the top of every page on the right, behind a link that says Forum Rules

I see. Well, I realize this forum is not active at all. D:

The forum rules aren't really clear whether I could bump or not. I mean, yes, bumps are "empty posts" persay, but they do have a purpose, so I wouldn't really say they're spamming. Meh, plus they say "This determination is made by the forum Moderator or Administrator and is not up for discussion.".. soo yeah. I guess we can't talk about it. XD

I really need this question answered...

Well to put it simply your script creates the new file names as a MD5 hash of the file which is always going to be 32 characters in length.

So the simplest way to shorten the name would be to take a sub string of the hash ($newname) before the move_uploaded_file function is called.

Shorter URLs are ideal for any site because people do not remember large urls. The name of the imaging hosting site should be short and common.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Well to put it simply your script creates the new file names as a MD5 hash of the file which is always going to be 32 characters in length.

So the simplest way to shorten the name would be to take a sub string of the hash ($newname) before the move_uploaded_file function is called.

I got the exact same problem but could u PLEASE tell me where to put $newname , tried for 2hours now but no succes, could you please help? Im a newbie with php.

I just need a link with random letters and numbers, like http://i52.tinypic.com/wlaond.jpg 'wlaond.jpg'

Its the same code

anyone?