Re: Problem :file_exists & japanese filename

From: Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:33:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Problem :file_exists & japanese filename
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Is the codepage of filesystem and of the string the same? What do you see if you list the files in the directory using php? umesh wrote: > Hi Gurus, > > I am using PHP4 on linux. > > I am reading the filename from querystring and display it in the browser. > Before displaying , I am checking the existance of the file by using > file_exists. > If the file name contains japanese characters, such as 百人一首.pdf or てす > と.txt, file_exists returns false, though the > file exists at that location. Why ? > > I have compiled PHP with japanese support. > > Can anybody help me ? > > Thanking you in anticipation. > > Regards, > > Umesh. >

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