Using fopen on filenames with embedded spaces
I have an application where I upload a user's file and store the filename, size & type in a mySQL database. The file itself is stored on disk with the filename intact. This takes place on a hosted server (Linux). I can then download the file again, no problems with this.
But, now I am attempting to open the file using fopen. Works fine except when there is an embedded space in the filename. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this in PHP.
$userFile = "/home/xxx/yyy/" . $data['filename'];
$fileHandle = fopen($userDoc, "r");
if filename includes a space I get:
Warning: fopen(/home/xxx/yyy/User file.doc) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.../ats_functions.ph
This does NOT work:
$userFile = "/home/xxx/yyy/" . str_replace(" ","%20",$data['Resume']);
urldecode / urlencode does NOT work.
file_exists() works OK, so clearly that function can deal with embedded spaces. It's just that fopen() does not work.
Any ideas?
But, now I am attempting to open the file using fopen. Works fine except when there is an embedded space in the filename. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this in PHP.
$userFile = "/home/xxx/yyy/" . $data['filename'];
$fileHandle = fopen($userDoc, "r");
if filename includes a space I get:
Warning: fopen(/home/xxx/yyy/User file.doc) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.../ats_functions.ph
This does NOT work:
$userFile = "/home/xxx/yyy/" . str_replace(" ","%20",$data['Resume']);
urldecode / urlencode does NOT work.
file_exists() works OK, so clearly that function can deal with embedded spaces. It's just that fopen() does not work.
Any ideas?
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Can you paste all your code.
Are you sure that your file_exists and fopen are calling the same location
Are you sure that your file_exists and fopen are calling the same location
If you upload the file and that works, generate a fabricated name, perhaps the md5() string of the file name and the current DATETIME. Store the file on your server with that name and store a translation table in your data base that enables you to find the original name and the fabricated name. Then when you want the file, you can have a one-line function like get_translated_file_name()
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Ray_Paseur:
Your idea won't work for me. These files (thousands of them) are already stored. I can download and open the files with no problem (I am using a variation of the code found in the example here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php).
My problem is simply that fopen doesn't work.
Your idea won't work for me. These files (thousands of them) are already stored. I can download and open the files with no problem (I am using a variation of the code found in the example here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.readfile.php).
My problem is simply that fopen doesn't work.
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Ray:
Good advice; I may just do that.
Anyway, problem solved. It was not embedded spaces that were the issue, it was special characters (such as ', #, etc.). By escaping these chars it is now working.
My apologies for wasting anyone's time.
Good advice; I may just do that.
Anyway, problem solved. It was not embedded spaces that were the issue, it was special characters (such as ', #, etc.). By escaping these chars it is now working.
My apologies for wasting anyone's time.
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Nope, that's not it, now even filenames without spaces can't be found.