Rename image filename using 'media_handle_upload'

Question

I need to rename images uploaded by the user when they post on my site.

I have a code that works perfectly to save the image and make it part of the post. But I want the images to be renamed to have the title of the post in their filename.

The code I have:

require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php' );
require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/file.php' );
require_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/media.php' );
$img_id01 = media_handle_upload( 'img_main', $postID );
update_post_meta($postID, 'img_id01', $img_id01);

Answer 1

I cannot test this because I don't have your code, but maybe you can get some ideas from it:

add_filter( 'wp_unique_filename', 'custom_image_name', 10, 2 );
$img_id01 = media_handle_upload( 'img_main', $postID );
remove_filter( 'wp_unique_filename', 'custom_image_name', 10, 2 );

function custom_image_name( $filename, $ext ) {

    global $postID;
    $post = get_post( $postID );
    return $filename . '-' . $post->post_name . $ext;
}

This is not very elegant because $postID needs to be in a global scope, but it might do the job.