---
date: 2020-11-16
id: 030ab7e7-9b0f-4be2-8a62-28b82640ddb7
title: tempnam()
---

# Description

Like the PHP `tempnam()` function this method creates a file with a
unique name in the given directory.

# Syntax

``` php
use Symfony\Component\Filesystem\Filesystem;

$fs = new Filesystem();

$fs->tempnam('/tmp', 'report_');         // '/tmp/report_Um3nlH'
$fs->tempnam('/tmp', 'report_', '.pdf'); // '/tmp/report_Um3nlH.pdf'
```