Re: There must be a better way (to clean a filename)

On 5/11/03 7:09 AM, "php-general-digest-help@lists.php.net" Richard Lynch wrote: > Rule #1. > > Instead of trying to think of ALL the things a user could do to be > stupid with a filename, define what is a VALID name, and throw out > everything else.... Excellent answer, thank you :) > Of course, there *IS* a built-in PHP function to do something like this, > but I always forget what it is called, and there are characters it > allows I dis-like or vice versa... Dig into the manual and find it, > rather than hacking your own, if you can live with the PHP rules... I thought there should be, but after spending some time digging I just seemed to be going in circles. I like the looks of the tips you provided and am sure I will learn much digging through it. > PS Any relation to the musician Dan Vaillancourt playing at Uncomon > Ground http://uncommonground.com shortly? I'm the guy who > booked him > :-) I'll reply to this off-list Thanks again :) Verdon