You mean like this? This would work as a good file name to be
on the server and link to?
$filename = urlencode($_FILES['myfile']['name']);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['myfile']['tmp_name'], $filename);
Think that would do the trick?
Skip
Eddie Drapkin wrote:
Why not just urlencode() the filename? (and suggest people use a URL
shortening service and/or provide one)
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Richard Heyes <richard@xxxxxxx
<mailto:richard@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi,
> I have a file uploader module that allows users to upload
documents and of
> course people are using all kinds of file names that are not web
friendly.
>
> I guess the best solution is to replace any non alphanumeric with
maybe '_'
> the underscore? How does that sound?
>
> Unfortunately, after 20+ years of coding I cannot get my brain around
> regular expressions to any decent level of proficiency, I know sad.
>
> I'd like to hear other solutions for this problem, I am thinking
of a regexp
> that replaces special chars with the underscore; sounds pretty
robust and
> globally acceptable?
I replace any non alpha chat with a hyphen, then replace two or more
hyphens with one. Simple, but I would also include the date so that
naming clashes are less likely (if it's applicable). So you might end
up with something similar to this:
/product/2009/06/03/24ct-gold-earrings
Or if using the date is not applicable, you could get something like
this:
/product/24ct-gold-earrings
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