spaces in filename cookie

[partymong]

Hi All,
I have a problem I hope you can help me with...

I am running windows, IIS5.

I have an upload form, where the user is allowed to browse for a file to upload.($_FILES['file1']['name']) I then use a php script to put the filename that they choose in a cookie and retrieve it later..

My problem occurs when there is a space in the filename. PHP automatically uses the 'application/x-

http://www-form-urlencoded

media type' and therfore replaces spaces with +

I have tried to use rawurlencode before I add the filename to the cookie...but it I still get +'s

Is there an easy way I can maybe strip the filename($_FILES['file1']['name'])of spaces before it gets uploaded?

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help!

Regards,
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[hos2]

$filename = str_replace (" ", "_", $filename);

but perhaps it's easier to store the filepath serverside in mysql and only put the id of the record in a cookie. or better save the hostname and/or ip adress as an extra check in case cookies are gone

 

[partymong]

Hi Hos2,
Thanks that works great!
I only temporarily store the cookie, the next script adds it to a database.

Thankyou for your help!

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[Westbury]

Hey partymong,
If your only storing data temperarily, then perhaps setting a session variable would be another option. That way it doesn't matter if the user's browser has cookies disabled. Just a suggestion.

 

[partymong]

Hi Westbury,
I'm new to php...
What I need to do is transfer the filename between php and asp...(don't ask...)

I have found that the only way to do this is via a cookie..

Any other suggestions would be appreciated...

Ideally I would like to add the filename directly to MSSQL server...via php....but I don't believe that the MSSQL server functions are bundled in the general distribution...

Any help would be appreciated....

Thanks

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[partymong]

Hi All,
Ok ignore my post about mssql....

I've got it working....

A note of caution for anyone else having problems with MSSQL and php...

You must make sure you have the 'right' php_mssql.dll in the php directory....

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