Re: Need help...silly customer

So I should put this in the script that uploads and writes the file correct? So that I understand: $image = "sofa #184-B.JPG" becomes: $image = "sofa 184-B.JPG" after using: str_replace('#', '', $image) Thanks, Shane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Stump" <joe@earth.care2.com> To: "Shane McBride" <php@riversidedesigns.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Need help...silly customer > str_replace('#','',$image_name); > > That'll teach her to mess with a coder that has complete control over her > application ;) > > --Joe > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 04:26:17PM -0500, Shane McBride wrote: > > OK, I have the customer from hell here. I created a script for her that allows her to add featured items, including an image. > > > > I tested it pretty well, except that all the images that the php script uploads has no special characters. So, she uploads an image that has a special character in the name and the image link won;t work. Of course. > > > > what happens is that the image uploads and puts a time stamp in front of it. I thought that was nice since she could have duplicate image names. > > > > At this point the whole name is written to the database with the proper spaces and special characters. > > > > When the file is moved to the correct directory by the script, the name is maintained with the spaces and special characters. > > > > The problem is the number sign she insists on using!!!! She wants to name them "Sofa #184-8.JPG". > > The browser must interpret the # sign as something else. I can not remember the name of that. > > > > Is there a way around this? > > > > TIA, > > Shane > > > ============================================================================ ==== > = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = > ============================================================================ ==== > "Real programmers don't comment their code. > It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand." >