note 37901 added to ref.com

Many COM objects don't do well when passing long (win32) filenames as function parameters. You can get the 8.3 name of the folder or file on *most* (some win platforms don't support it, and it can be toggled off in the registry for performance reasons) servers using the following: <?php //create FSO instance $exFSO = new COM("Scripting.FileSystemObject") or die ("Could not create Scripting.FileSystemObject"); //set vars $myDir = "C:\\Program Files\\"; $myFile = "a long file name.txt"; //get folder & file objects $exDir = $exFSO->GetFolder($myDir); $exFile = $exFSO->GetFile($myDir . $myFile); echo $exDir->ShortPath; echo $exFile->ShortPath; ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+37901 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+37901&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+37901&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php