What is this function doing?

[A JM]

Can someone tell me what this function is doing?

 

This is in regard to file renaming routine.

 

$file = ereg_replace("[^a-zA-Z0-9_.-\[\]()]", "", strtr($file, "()áàâãäéèêëíìîïóòôõöúùûüçÁÀÂÃÄÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÓÒÔÕÖÚÙÛÜÇ ", "[]aaaaaeeeeiiiiooooouuuucAAAAAEEEEIIIIOOOOOUUUUC_"));

 

 

 

$tempFile = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];

$targetPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $_GET['folder'] . '/';
$file = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
$file = utf8_decode($file);
$file = ereg_replace("[^a-zA-Z0-9_.-\[\]()]", "", strtr($file, "()áàâãäéèêëíìîïóòôõöúùûüçÁÀÂÃÄÉÈÊËÍÌÎÏÓÒÔÕÖÚÙÛÜÇ ", "[]aaaaaeeeeiiiiooooouuuucAAAAAEEEEIIIIOOOOOUUUUC_"));
$file = strtolower($file);

$aux_targetFile = str_replace('//','/',$targetPath);
$targetFile = str_replace('//','/',$targetPath) . $file;

$returnFile = $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];

if(file_exists($targetFile)) {
while ($ok != true) {
if(file_exists($targetFile)) {
$ok = false;
$rand = rand(1000, 9999);
$targetFile = $aux_targetFile . $rand . $file;
} else {
$ok = true;
$file = $rand . $file;
}
}
}

move_uploaded_file($tempFile,$targetFile);

 

 

[kickstart]

Hi

 

The strtr part appears to be taking the file name and removing any characters with accents and just replacing them with the non accented version.

 

The ereg part is then replacing any of the non mentioned characters in the resulting file name with nothing (ie, removes them).

 

All the best

 

Keith

[A JM]

So if I'm in the states I shouldn't have to worry about accented characters correct?

 

Thanks.

[kickstart]

Hi

 

Possibly not, but depends what you are dealing with. For example if they were people pictures that they uploaded they could easily have their name as the file name containing accents over letters.

 

All the best

 

Keith

[A JM]

OK, thanks for the information. 

 

A JM,