[SOLVED] Replacing a Space with %20

[jonoc33]

Hi guys. I have a script that shows a list of uploaded files, with a button saying Delete.

 

<?PHP 

$folder = "../files/upload/"; 
$handle = opendir($folder); 

# Making an array containing the files in the current directory: 
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
    if ($file != '.' && $file != '..')
       $files[] = $file; 
} 
closedir($handle); 

#echo the files 
foreach ($files as $file) { 
    echo "-<a href=$folder$file><label title=file>$file</label></a>";
echo "    [<a href=filedelete.php?file=$file>Delete</a>]<br />";
} 
?>

 

Now something is very weird, because if you attempt to delete a file that has a space in it, it appears as eg:

 

filename: de_dust A.jpg

file comes out as: de_dust

 

I need some way to replace the space with that %20 thing that normally shows up in links if there is a space in it.

 

Much thanks,

Jono

[~n[EO]n~]

You can use

trim($file, " ");  

to remove the whitespace

[jonoc33]

Didn't seem to work. I may have put it in the wrong place.

 

Although, I don't want it to get rid of the space, I need it to keep it there but to still be able to delete it off, if you know what I mean. eg:

 

Uploaded File: de_dust A.jpg

Changes to: de_dust%20A.jpg

 

The %20, which i've seen, acts as a space.

[rajivgonsalves]

use urlencode

 

http://php.net/urlencode

[Orio]

urlencode(). This will make the necessary replacements, and there's no need to decode it on the receiving since PHP does that automatically.

 

Orio.

[jonoc33]

I messed around with urlencode, and I can't seem to get it working. Can someone give me an example using the script I showed above?

 

(Yeah, i'm pretty noobie when it comes to this stuff)

[Orio]

<?php   echo "<a href=filedelete.php?file=".urlencode($file).">Delete</a><br />";   ?>

 

Orio.

[rajivgonsalves]

try

 

<?PHP 

$folder = "../files/upload/"; 
$handle = opendir($folder); 

# Making an array containing the files in the current directory: 
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
    if ($file != '.' && $file != '..')
       $files[] = $file; 
} 
closedir($handle); 

#echo the files 
foreach ($files as $file) { 
    echo "-<a href=$folder".urlencode($file)."><label title=file>$file</label></a>";
echo "    [<a href=filedelete.php?file=".urlencode($file).">Delete</a>]<br />";
} 
?>

[jonoc33]

Came up as de_dust+a.jpg, which didn't seem to work.

[Orio]

So use rawurlencode() instead of urlencode().

 

Orio.

[jonoc33]

Thankyou. That worked