I tried removing files in directory with special characters using php.
I used the unlink()
function and it worked as it is, but when the file contains special chars, it can't locate the file.
Now I use str_replace()
function to replace the name.
See example below.
<?php
//replace "+" sign with space.
$filename = str_replace("+", " ", $filename);
$dir = "_resources/docs/";
unlink($dir . $filename);
?>
It works but how about files with a name like this? [Vouching_Sample_02]-SMCC_Q3_Vouching_September_Goods_012216
.
Is there any good recommendations for this?
Try to use this kind of solution.
$name = "This-is_a__test--(name)";
$find = array("-", "_", "--", "(", ")");
$replace = array(" ", " ", " ", " ", " ");
$converted = str_replace($find, $replace, $name);
echo $converted;
Out put: This is a test name
Include what you want to search in fine array.
Include what you want to replace with in replace array.
Else use preg_replace()
with regular expression