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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

tempnam — Create file with unique file name

Description

tempnam ( string $dir , string $prefix ) : string

Creates a file with a unique filename, with access permission set to 0600, in the specified directory. If the directory does not exist or is not writable, tempnam() may generate a file in the system's temporary directory, and return the full path to that file, including its name.

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Parameters

dir

The directory where the temporary filename will be created.

prefix

The prefix of the generated temporary filename.

Note: Windows uses only the first three characters of prefix.

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Return Values

Returns the new temporary filename (with path), or FALSE on failure.

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Examples

Example #1 tempnam() example

<?php
$tmpfname = tempnam("/tmp", "FOO");

$handle = fopen($tmpfname, "w");
fwrite($handle, "writing to tempfile");
fclose($handle);

// do here something

unlink($tmpfname);
?>

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Notes

Note: If PHP cannot create a file in the specified dir parameter, it falls back on the system default. On NTFS this also happens if the specified dir contains more than 65534 files.

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