AjaxUpload - Rename files

Development
1

Hi,

we use the extra AjaxUpload in our webproject. Sometimes customers use very “funny” filenames.
Is there a solution to rename the files before they are storaged and send by FormIt?

Or did someone know what other solution for that problem can be good?

2

You could try to add a custom hook-snippet that runs before the AjaxUpload2Formit and AjaxUploadAttachments hooks and overwrites the “originalName” value of the files that are stored in the session.

<?php
$uid = $modx->getOption('ajaxuploadUid', $scriptProperties, '');
foreach ($_SESSION['ajaxupload'][$uid] as $fileId => &$fileInfo) {
    $fileInfo['originalName'] = '...'; //generate some random name for the file here or maybe use $fileId
}
return true;
3

Maybe filesluggy works with it? That’ll normalise filenames on upload, though extras do need to monitor for the file name change to avoid broken URLs/references.

4

Thanks, that can be a starting point.

5

That sounds interesting, thanks.