Title: Change Filepattern
Last modified: December 16, 2017

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# Change Filepattern

 *  Resolved [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/)
 * Hi Nicholas,
 * I am using the Pro Version and following hook to change my file pattern:
 *     ```
       if (!function_exists('wfu_before_file_check_handler')) {
   
       	function wfu_before_file_check_handler($changable_data, $additional_data) {
       		$user = get_userdata($additional_data["user_id"]);
       		if ( $user != false ) {
       			$filepath = wfu_basedir($changable_data["file_path"]);
       			$username = $user->user_login;
       			$new_filename = $changable_data["user_data"][0]["value"];
       			$fileext = wfu_fileext($changable_data["file_path"], true);
       			$changable_data["file_path"] = $filepath.$username."-".$new_filename.$fileext;
       		}
       		return $changable_data;
       	}
       	add_filter('wfu_before_file_check', 'wfu_before_file_check_handler', 10, 2); 
       }
       ```
   
 * Is it possible to “call” other things as well? I am using it with Event Manager
   and ideally would want to put the event ID or Event – Name into the filepath.
   If so, could you point me in the right direction how to do that?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  Plugin Author [nickboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickboss/)
 * (@nickboss)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9669208)
 * This requires integration with Event Manager. Can you show me the page where 
   you have them?
 * What is required is Event ID to be passed together with the file when the file
   is uploaded. This can be done if you create a second user data field, which is
   not visible to the user and which takes automatically the Event ID.
 * This can be done with little javascript code probably, but I need to see the 
   page.
 * Nickolas
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9670870)
 * It’s basically the same page, we discussed here : [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-about-the-pro-version-2/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/questions-about-the-pro-version-2/)
 * To call the EventID I could use <?php echo $EM_Event->output(“#_EVENTNAME”); ?
   > in
 *     ```
       <table id='dbem-bookings-table' class='widefat post fixed'>
       					<thead>
       						<tr>
       							<th class='manage-column' scope='col'><?php _e('Event', 'events-manager'); ?></th>
       							<th class='manage-column' scope='col'><?php _e('Date', 'events-manager'); ?></th>
       							<th class='manage-column' scope='col'><?php _e('Schiften/Jobs', 'events-manager'); ?></th>
       							<th class='manage-column' scope='col'><?php _e('Status', 'events-manager'); ?></th>
       <th class='manage-column' scope='col'>Arbeitsnachweis hochladen</th>
       						</tr>
       					</thead>
       					<tbody>
       						<?php 
       						$rowno = 0;
       						$event_count = 0;
       						$nonce = wp_create_nonce('booking_cancel');
       						foreach ($EM_Bookings as $EM_Booking) {
       							/* @var $EM_Booking EM_Booking */
       							$EM_Event = $EM_Booking->get_event();						
       							if( ($rowno < $limit || empty($limit)) && ($event_count >= $offset || $offset === 0) ) {
       								$rowno++;
       								?>
       								<tr>
       									<td><?php echo $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTLINK"); ?></td>
       									<td><?php echo date_i18n( get_option('dbem_date_format'), $EM_Event->start ); ?>- <?php echo date_i18n( get_option('dbem_date_format'), $EM_Event->end ); ?><br/> 
       </td>
       									<td><?php echo $EM_Booking->output("#_BOOKINGTICKETS"); ?></td>
       									<td>
       										<?php echo $EM_Booking->get_status(); ?>
       									</td>
       <td>
       												[wordpress_file_upload singlebutton="true"</td>
       																	</tr>								
       								<?php
       							}
       							do_action('em_my_bookings_booking_loop',$EM_Booking);
       							$event_count++;
       						}
       						?>
       					</tbody>
       				</table>
       ```
   
 * but I am not sure how to pass that on into your plugin.
 *  Plugin Author [nickboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickboss/)
 * (@nickboss)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9675842)
 * Ok, you can replace `[wordpress_file_upload singlebutton="true"` with the following:
 * `[wordpress_file_upload singlebutton="true" userdatalabel="EventID|t:text|s:left
   |r:0|a:0|p:inline|d:<?php echo $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTNAME"); ?>"]`
 * I added a user field in the upload form which takes the Event ID from the PHP
   script as default value. Then we need to use little css to hide to field, so 
   it is not visible to the user, but before we do that first check that this solution
   works.
 * Nickolas
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9678080)
 * Awesome you are a hero! It works like a charm and I hide the field.
 * Is there a chance to hide the upload progress bar as well other than by CSS? 
   Ideally I would just see the success message as it was in the free version (I
   might be blind, but I just can’t find the settings for that).
 * And: Is there a chance to use userfirst name and user lastname instead of userID?
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/).
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9678392)
 * And to add another question: How can I change the pattern for duplicated files?
   Right now it adds the date and time 201711131842 which is quite long. Ideally
   I would only show 1, 2, 3,…
 *  Plugin Author [nickboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickboss/)
 * (@nickboss)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9680195)
 * Just one question, do you really see the EventID field? I am asking because we
   forgot to put userdata=”true” inside the shortcode.
 * If you want to remove the progressbar, then the shortcode should be like this:
 * `[wordpress_file_upload singlebutton="true" placements="title/filename+selectbutton
   +uploadbutton/userdata/message" userdata="true" userdatalabel="EventID|t:text
   |s:left|r:0|a:0|p:inline|d:<?php echo $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTNAME"); ?>"]`
 * Regarding userID, where you have this? and also the duplicates policy? are these
   in another shortcode or the same?
 * Nickolas
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9680924)
 * I basically started to create my own shortcode cause it wasn’t working at the
   beginning (probably cause the userdata=”true” was missing. So I basically have:
 * `[wordpress_file_upload multiple="true" notifysubject="Es wurde ein neuer Arbeitsnachweise
   für das Event %userdata1% hochgeladen " notifymessage="Es wurde ein neuer Arbeitsnachweis
   von %username% für das Event %userdata1% hochgeladen. Dieser befindet sich im
   Anhang oder unter %filepath%" userdata="true" userdatalabel="EventID|t:text|s:
   none|r:0|a:0|p:none|d:"]`
 * on the connected side (where it is not showing cause I am already using another
   shortcode from Events Manager) and then:
 * `[wordpress_file_upload uploadid="<?php mt_srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
   echo (string)mt_rand(1000, 9999); ?>" multiple="true" uploadpath="/uploads/arbeitsnachweise/"
   notifysubject="Es wurde ein neuer Arbeitsnachweise f&uuml;r das Event %userdata1%
   hochgeladen" notifymessage="Es wurde ein neuer Arbeitsnachweis von %username%
   f&umml;r das Event %userdata1% hochgeladen. Dieser befindet sich im Anhang oder
   unter %filepath%" userdata="true" userdatalabel="EventID|t:text|s:none|r:0|a:
   0|p:none|d:<?php echo $EM_Event->output("#_EVENTNAME"); ?>"]` within the mybookings.
   php from Events Manager.
 * It sounds like a weird workaround but I experienced that I would need to have
   both shortcodes, cause they wouldn’t want to work without the other.
 * I then used the advanced settings for Default Duplicate File Action to maintain
   both (that is where the duplicates policy is coming from).
 * And the hook:
 *     ```
       if (!function_exists('wfu_before_file_check_handler')) {
   
       	function wfu_before_file_check_handler($changable_data, $additional_data) {
       		$user = get_userdata($additional_data["user_id"]);
       		if ( $user != false ) {
       			$filepath = wfu_basedir($changable_data["file_path"]);
       			$username = $user->user_login;
       			$new_filename = $changable_data["user_data"][0]["value"];
       			$fileext = wfu_fileext($changable_data["file_path"], true);
       			$changable_data["file_path"] = $filepath.$username."-".$new_filename.$fileext;
       		}
       		return $changable_data;
       	}
       	add_filter('wfu_before_file_check', 'wfu_before_file_check_handler', 10, 2); 
       }
       ```
   
 * to create the filepattern. Not sure if there would have been a better way, but
   it is more or less working.
 *  Plugin Author [nickboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickboss/)
 * (@nickboss)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9684171)
 * ok, if you have problems let me know
 * Nickolas
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9694870)
 * Hi Nicholas,
 * thanks for your help so far. I have your plugin almost where I want it to be :).
 * Just one last question for the file pattern. Is it possible to use the users 
   first and lastname instead of the username?
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/).
 *  Thread Starter [findingitontheway](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findingitontheway/)
 * (@findingitontheway)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9694892)
 * Already figured it out using
 *     ```
       if (!function_exists('wfu_before_file_check_handler')) {
   
       	function wfu_before_file_check_handler($changable_data, $additional_data) {
       		$user = get_userdata($additional_data["user_id"]);
       		if ( $user != false ) {
       			$filepath = wfu_basedir($changable_data["file_path"]);
       			$username = $user->user_login;
       			$first_name = $user->first_name;
             $last_name = $user->last_name;
       			$new_filename = $changable_data["user_data"][0]["value"];
       			$fileext = wfu_fileext($changable_data["file_path"], true);
       			$changable_data["file_path"] = $filepath.$new_filename."_".$first_name.$last_name.$fileext;
       		}
       		return $changable_data;
       	}
       	add_filter('wfu_before_file_check', 'wfu_before_file_check_handler', 10, 2); 
       }
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Author [nickboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickboss/)
 * (@nickboss)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9697491)
 * Yep you ‘ve done it right
 * Nickolas
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-filepattern/#post-9788162)
 * > I am using the Pro Version
 * For pro or commercial product support please contact the author directly on their
   site.
 * As the author is aware, commercial products are [not supported in these forums](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/forum-welcome/#do-not-post-about-commercial-products).
   As you are their customer I am sure they will have no problem supporting you 
   there.

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