Changing basename to timestamp name upon upload

[ChrisjChrisj]

This code uploads video files successfully, but if it’s a .mov file, from ios, the file name is very long and random, for example:

15069810015286787859-43EA-843746230-04.mov, but an MP4 (from android) is like: 20171002_082845.mp4, which has some meaning.

How can I add something to this code to rename all files uploaded with a time stamp (which is readable/understandable)? Any help will be appreciated:

<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
$uploadOk = 1;

//Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}

// Check file size
if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 50000000) {
    echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
    $uploadOk = 0;
}

$extensions= array("mov","mp4");
if(in_array($file_ext,$extensions)=== false){
 $errors[]="File type not allowed, only MP4 or MOV files.";
}

// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
    echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {

    if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {
    header ("location: ThankYou.html");
return;

       // echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). " has been uploaded.";
    } else {
        echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
    }
}
?>

[TeNDoLLA]

$timeZone = 'Europe/Helsinki'; // use your time zone
date_default_timezone_set($timeZone);

$dt = new DateTime();
$fileName = $dt->format('Ymd_his') . '.mp4';

And then change this line
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], $target_file)) {

to
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"], '/path/to/' . $fileName)) {

You might wanna think what happens if two or more people uploads a file at the same second.

[colshrapnel]

@ChrisjChrisj

which is readable

Nothing is reliable here, you will have many files overwritten.
I’ve no idea what’s wrong with a filename like 15069810015286787859-43EA-843746230-04 though.
Is your disk space is so severely limited? Or you are bound do type each filename by hand?