replace value

[searls03]

ok, so I have heard of ereg replace, preg replace, etc.  which should I use.  I want to get the value of a name from the URL and replace all "." in the name with a space.  URL........site.com/page.php?name=me.hi, so how can I modify this code so that the "." will replace with a space or "  " before it submits????

<?php
include_once "secure/connect_to_mysql.php";




$uploaddir = 'images/';
$id= $_GET['id'];
$event= $_GET['name123'];
$site = $_GET['name123'].".php";
$template  = 'template.php';
$picture = '$event.png';
$target_path = "images/";

$file = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['uploadfile']['name']); 
$size=$_FILES['uploadfile']['size'];
if($size>999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999)
{
echo "error file size > 1 MB";
unlink($_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name']);
exit;
}
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name'], $file)) { 
  echo "success";
  $sql = "INSERT INTO pictures(image, name, id, event, site) 
	VALUES('$file', '$file', '$id', '$event', '$site')";
$rs = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Problem with the query: $sql<br>" . mysql_error());
	echo mysql_error();

} else {
echo "error ".$_FILES['uploadfile']['error']." --- ".$_FILES['uploadfile']['tmp_name']." %%% ".$file."($size)";

$picture_name = pathinfo($picture, PATHINFO_FILENAME);


}
copy($template, "$event.php");


?>

[searls03]

sorry, I would have modified post, but it has been too long and I wanted to add this..........

ok, so I have heard of ereg replace, preg replace, etc. 

 

I don't know if those are even what it is that I should use or if those are even anything close to what I do.  any help is appreciated.

[QuickOldCar]

Of the 2 you mentioned it would be preg_replace.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php

 

But for this you can use str_replace

http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php

 

$str = str_replace(" ", ".", trim($str));

 

I added trim just to be sure it doesn't add an extra . if is leading or trailing whitespace.

[searls03]

sorry, but how exactly can I put that in my code where the $_GET['name'] would replace the "." for me?  I know original code said name123

[cyberRobot]

sorry, but how exactly can I put that in my code where the $_GET['name'] would replace the "." for me?  I know original code said name123

 

You would replace $str with $_GET['name']:

 

$_GET['name'] = str_replace(" ", ".", trim($_GET['name']));

 

Note that the above code currently replaces all space characters with a dot. But if I'm reading your original post correctly it sounds like you want to go the other way. So the code would be changed to:

 

$_GET['name'] = str_replace(".", " ", trim($_GET['name']));

 

 

 

[searls03]

is this how I would do it?

 $event= $_GET['name'] = str_replace(".", " ", trim($_GET['name']));

[cyberRobot]

is this how I would do it?

 $event= $_GET['name'] = str_replace(".", " ", trim($_GET['name']));

 

That should work. Note that if you don't want to assign the modified string back to $_GET['name'], you could get rid of that part.

 

$event = str_replace(".", " ", trim($_GET['name']));