note 69764 added to function.readfile

This is needed to upload a file to the user when the file name has characters like a " or : and other strange ones in the file name. Otherwise, the file gets cut off and you get the first word in the filename and nothing more (very confusing). Basically you use the "addslashses" function just like you would for a database entry, except this is needed for the file as well. Might be good practice to do this to every file just in case someone has an odd named one. $filename = "/var/www/Tom J , EdD - Part 2: Response- from "Controlling" Stress.mp3" header('Content-Description: File Transfer'); header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($filename)); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="' . addslashes(basename($filename)) . '"'); readfile($filename); ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 69.17.124.192 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/69764 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/69764 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/69764 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php