File 'C:\xampp\tmp\php3226.tmp' could not be renamed. It already exists error in zend, how to?

Question

i am using this function to upload files to the disk:

$talentFolderPath = 'C:/xampp/htdocs/project/';

public function uploadToDisk($talentFolderPath, $filename)
{

    $adapter = new Zend_File_Transfer_Adapter_Http();
    $adapter->setDestination($talentFolderPath);
    $adapter->addFilter( 'Rename',array('target' => $talentFolderPath."/".$filename) );
    if ($adapter->receive()) {
        $message = "success";
    } else {
        $message = "fail";
    }

    return $message;
}

and i get this message:

Message: File 'C:\\xampp\\tmp\\php3226.tmp' could not be renamed. It already exists.

Any ideas what is going on?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The Rename filter will not overwrite the target file by default if it already exists which appears to be what you are experiencing.

This snippet is out of Zend/Filter/File/Rename.php

    if (file_exists($file['target'])) {
        require_once 'Zend/Filter/Exception.php';
        throw new Zend_Filter_Exception(sprintf("File '%s' could not be renamed. It already exists.", $value));
    }

To get around this, you must pass the overwrite option like this:

$adapter->addFilter('Rename', array(
    'target'    => $talentFolderPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename,
    'overwrite' => true
));

See Zend_Filter_File_Rename for more details.