Re: . becomes _ when submitting page

Sure Scott, so can I. The problem is when you have a filename like "My_Wife_and_I_at_sea.jpg" or "Me.And.Jen.jpg" or "Jen_and_Pete.gif" How can I be sure of what _ to change into . ? /Kjell Scott Carr wrote: > You can still do so. > > Just reverse the string. Replace the first occurance of "_" with ".". > Re-reverse the string. > > Now you have a Filename. > -- > Scott Carr > OpenOffice.org > Documentation Maintainer > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > Quoting Kjell Hansen <kjell.hansen@telia.com>: > > > Hmmm, I guess you're right. But I have some vague memories from useing dots > > in name attributes before. But that was with ASP & IIS... > > > > I have some excuse for using dots, it's Windows filenames. They come with > > dots and I can't change the attribute names because it's refering to the > > file. I guess I will have to go around it with hidden fields and indexes... > > Too bad, it was such a brilliant solution with the filename in the name > > attribute > > :( > > > > Anyway, thanx for enlightning me! > > > > Regards > > Kjell > > > > Ignatius Reilly wrote: > > > > > Your naming conflicts with javascript. Remember what dots are used for in > > > js. > > > > > > Avoid using other characters than alphanum and underscore. There is no > > > reason you should need to use any other character. > > > > > > I am not quite even sure that it is valid HTML to use dots in attributes > > > values. > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > Ignatius > > > > > > ____________________________________________ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kjell Hansen" <kjell.hansen@telia.com> > > > To: <php-windows@lists.php.net> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:12 PM > > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] . becomes _ when submitting page > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > In my HTML page I have a textarea called "filename.ext" when I submit > > > > the page I get "filename_ext" in my $_POST array. > > > > > > > > Anyone know why?!??!? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > Kjell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > >http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/