replacing " / ", str_replace, ereg_replace?

[predator]

grrr, just when I thought there would be no more problems....
the variable
$path - gets a path to a file when I submit a form.
the path could look like this

file:///D://test.ppt or file:///C://test.ppt

What I want here is to replace the path above to
D:/test.ppt

So it should remove "file:///" completely, and also remove one "/"

I tried using str_replace and ereg_replace, but since I'm rather new to this... I don't really know how to get it to work.

[sijis]

how are you getting the value of $path?

are you doing something like this

$path = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
or something similar?

i think str_replace would solve your problem for now, but it could be something else you are doing that makes the URL show like
file:///D://test.ppt or file:///C://test.ppt

[bradleydh]

If you have a path that is file:///C://test.ppt, use this code.

$path = "file:///C://test.ppt";
$path = str_replace("file:///","", $path);
$path = str_replace("://",":/", $path);
echo($path);

When you execute this script, you will see that C:/test.ppt will be echoed as the path.

I have tested this myself. It works... You can improvise with my code to suit your needs. I hope this helps.

[predator]

Your example did work, but not when I'm doing it along with my code, when I actually get a path from my form,... and not specify I one like in your example.

This is how I get the path:

<?php
<?
if(isset($_POST['isubmit'])){
$path = $_POST['path'];


echo "<a href=\"$path\";>Öppna filen</a>";
}
?>

<form name="sendFile" method="post" action="in_pp.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="path"/>
<input type="hidden" name="isubmit" value="Open"/>
<input type="file" size="15" name="file" class="button"/>
<input type="button" value="Open" class="button" OnClick="this.form.path.value = this.form.file.value; this.form.submit()">
</form>
?>

[bradleydh]

My example can be modified to suit your needs.

<?
if(isset($_POST['isubmit'])){
$path = $_POST['path'];
$path = str_replace("file:///","", $path);
$path = str_replace("://",":/", $path);

echo "<a href=\"$path\";>Öppna filen</a>";
}
?>

<form name="sendFile" method="post" action="in_pp.php" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="path"/>
<input type="hidden" name="isubmit" value="Open"/>
<input type="file" size="15" name="file" class="button"/>
<input type="button" value="Open" class="button" OnClick="this.form.path.value = this.form.file.value; this.form.submit()">
</form>

[predator]

ah, you misunderstood me I guess :-)
I tried your example and it did not work (actually it did not make any difference at all, which I find rather weird)

I get this result

When I click the link, explorer pops up a window basically saying
"It was impossible to locate file:///D:\test.ppt . Check your path"

When I right click and copy the short cut of the link i just pressed
I get the following path:
file:///D://test.ppt

but it should be D:/test.ppt

for some reason the str_replace won't work

[sijis]

my assumption is you are trying to create a link to a file that was just uploaded or so from a form, right?

but when you link to that file, you get that weird link to the file.
now, i'm not extremely familiar with running php in windows, but i have an idea.

you should probably create some directory called c:\files\ (assuming your www base directory is c:\
then when someone upload the file they can get it via c:\files\test.ppt

you can use several functions built in php to get the path for any location you might be on your website.
you could use some predefined variables to get to base c:\ and then just append \files\test.ppt

or you can use some fuctions like basename(), realpath(), pathinfo() .. to help you create the right URL to the file.

useful links... ??
http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php#reserved.variables.server

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pathinfo.php
(check also the "See also:" fucntions listed...

hope that helps.

[predator]

thanks for your input sijis,

however the reason why I'm doing it this way (not uploading file into a mysql db or to the server) is because I have very large .ppt files and it would take quite some time.

Also the power points are always on the computer which I'm using and this browse-function is only to be a short cut, basically.

[predator]

I thought I'd bump up this one if there's an expert here on
str_replace, that could perhaps tell me why the code in the posts above won't work...

I would be extremely grateful if anyone had an insight.

[kevinsequeira]

what is the output of this

<?

if(isset($_POST['isubmit'])){

$path = $_POST['path'];

$path = str_replace("file:///","", $path);

$path = str_replace("://",":/", $path);

echo $path;
//echo "<a href=\"$path\";>Öppna filen</a>"

}
?>

and is the file present at the path ??

reg
kevin

[benson]

Is the above script you posted the whole script ??
If yes

You didn't even uploaded the file to your server....
I had the same problem...
My upload script was..

if ($_FILES["userfile"])
{ 
//The file to be uploaded
$tmpfile = "images/".$_FILES["userfile"]["name"];
if(!file_exists($tmpfile))
	{
	move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $tmpfile);
	}

and the form:

<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
<input type=file name=userfile size=30><br>
<input type=submit value=" Submit ">