'pass through' php upload to amazon's

Question

I've seen ways to upload files directly to S3 and I've seen ways to upload a file already on the server. I need to modify the file's name before sending it on to S3, but I don't want to store it locally and then upload it, if I can help it. Is there a way to put it in a buffer or something? Thx.

Answer 1

The file will always end up in the temporary directory first while the upload completes, even before you're able to work with the uploaded file. You get all the file's chunks before, and then it get rebuilt in the /tmp directory by default. So no, there's no "pass-through". But I guess you could re-upload directly from the temporary directory afterwards instead of moving it to another working directory.