Ed:
Better yet, because not all browsers pass through the original file name
that was was uploaded, have the user input the name - and validate that
instead. You can then restrict them to numbers letters:
$filename=ereg_replace("[^0-9a-zA-Z.]","",$filename)
Or something like that.
On 5/28/03 10:42 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I want to remove unwanted characters from filenames of files uploaded to
> our server. I am currently using strtr to do this. I have a few characters
> that are being removed but I would also like a single quote to be removed
> if it is in the filename. I think it has to be escaped in the command
> though. How do I do this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ed
>
>
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