urls with accent

amrigo

I am uploading doc files but the doc files with accent " ´ ` ^ ~ "
do not link correct and don´t appear in the browser.

Can i workaround it without blocking the files if they have accent?

Thank´s in advance

Installer

Try:

echo '<a href="http://example.com/dir/' . rawurlencode($file_name) . '">file</a>';

(That's not the code you'd use for uploading, but you get the idea.) You'll want to look at the users' notes for "rawurlencode()".

amrigo

actually using rawurlencode a file named:

myfílêfrômmycômpúter.doc

will fail to open is there any function can workaround it?

thank´s in advance

Installer

Sorry, I misunderstood your question. I should have known what you meant when you said "accents" instead of "characters".

If you haven't yet, check out recode, mbstring, and iconv, although using these will depend on your server setup. I'm not sure they'd help anyway, but maybe.

elementaluk

can't you just write a very simple str replace to replace them with normal characters e.g.

//code from the PHP manual
$text = "bláh íóú NÓTHÍNG!";
$search  = array ('ç', 'á', 'é', 'í', 'ó', 'ú', 'ã', 'õ', 'â', 'ê', 'î', 'ô', 'û'); 
$replace = array ('c', 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'a', 'o', 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u');
$export    = str_replace($search, $replace, strtolower($text));

it would mean renaming all your files but it's alot easier in you cant use iconv or whatever extension deals with this crap

amrigo

is desirable to allow files with accents and i have iconv support and mbstring wich function is better how do they are used?

Thank´s in advance

Installer

Your best bet may be to rely on the manual, Google, your own experimentation, and the hope that someone more knowledgeable will notice this thread. Good luck. 🙂