Re: strtr question

From: Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 15:12:56 +0000
Subject: Re: strtr question
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Ed: Better yet, because not all browsers pass through the original file name that was was uploaded, have the user input the name - and validate that instead. You can then restrict them to numbers letters: $filename=ereg_replace("[^0-9a-zA-Z.]","",$filename) Or something like that. On 5/28/03 10:42 AM, "ed@homes2see.com" <ed@homes2see.com> wrote: > > I want to remove unwanted characters from filenames of files uploaded to > our server. I am currently using strtr to do this. I have a few characters > that are being removed but I would also like a single quote to be removed > if it is in the filename. I think it has to be escaped in the command > though. How do I do this? > > TIA, > > Ed > > -- Cheers Mike Morton **************************************************** * * Tel: 905-465-1263 * Email: mike@webtraxx.com * **************************************************** "Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the history of the computer industry for the past decade as a massive effort to keep up with Apple." - Byte Magazine Given infinite time, 100 monkeys could type out the complete works of Shakespeare. Win 98 source code? Eight monkeys, five minutes. -- NullGrey

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