Uploading files with () chars

[joquius]

I have the following little quirk (upload script):

[code]
$file_name = basename ($_FILES['image']['name']);
$ul_dir = "/something_or_other/";
$ul_name = $ul_dir.$file_name;
move_uploaded_file ($_FILES['image']['tmp_name'], $ul_name);
getimagesize ($image_dir.$file_name); // $image_dir is defined elsewhere
[/code]

What happens is I get an error on the getimagesize() when the file name contains brackets or weird chars. Now I might turn out to be quite the dunce here, but is this to do with getimagesize or the request itself?

This is the error I get: "[<a href='function.getimagesize'>function.getimagesize</a>]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"

I don't usually get this error from getimagesize if the file doesn't exist.

Is this to do with the upload or the php function?

[papaface]

Have you tried:
[code]getimagesize ("$image_dir"."$file_name");[/code]?

[joquius]

hmm...? that's quite unneccesary

This is a working script with a quirk only when the file name has brackets

[papaface]

Ah sorry. I didnt read your question properly.
Im not entirely sure on this one. I think you would probably have to make a function to escape the special characters. Someone else will be able to guide you better.