How to change the upload directory of uploaded files?

  • I created a custom page template with a form. The user can input his/her basic info and upload a file. Now, I have a PHP function that will upload the file in the default upload folder, but I want to save the uploaded files in other directory path (E.g. outside wp-content) and I want to rename in my own format, like lastname_firstname of the user who upload the file.

    $attachment_id is very important to me because this is the only way to call the file name and retrieve the file with download link.

    Please help me

    function upload_user_file($file = array()){
    require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/admin.php');
      $file_return = wp_handle_upload($file, array('test_form' => false));
      if(isset($file_return['error']) || isset($file_return['upload_error_handler'])){
          return false;
      } else {
          $filename = $file_return['file'];
          $attachment = array(
              'post_mime_type' => $file_return['type'],
              'post_title' => preg_replace('/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename($filename)),
              'post_content' => '',
              'post_status' => 'inherit',
              'guid' => $file_return['url']
          );

          $attachment_id = wp_insert_attachment($attachment, $file_return['url']);

          require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php');
          $attachment_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attachment_id, $filename);
          wp_update_attachment_metadata($attachment_id, $attachment_data);

          if(0 < intval($attachment_id)){
            return $attachment_id;
          }
      }
      return false;
}
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  • Hi

    Try something like

    global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();

$upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$user_dirname = $upload_dir['basedir'].'/'.$current_user->user_login;
if ( ! file_exists( $user_dirname ) ) {
    wp_mkdir_p( $user_dirname );
}

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    Thread Starter UserDG

    (@tenkepadu)

    Hi, I don’t have a login user. Any visitor of the website can submit the form

    Use the form’s name etc. field instead and modify the snippet to suit your needs

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