[RESOLVED] PHP Link to file with a "space" in the name

[cerd_web]

Hi all,

My first question here. Hopefully this is fairly simple.

I'm trying to pull a file name which is stored in the database, then create a link to that file. The problem I run into is when the file name has a space in it. I can not make the link to the file work.

I thought to use the urlencode function which has worked for me on php pages but it won't work in this case as the page is .html

Here is the code I have:

$uploadLink ="<a href=http://www.mysite.com/upload/".urlencode($upload)." target='_blank'>".$upload . "</a>";

What happens is when you click the link for something like "Moving Prices.pdf" the url becomes www.mysite.html/upload/Moving+Prices.pdf So I need the + to be an actual space for the link to work correctly.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Tom

[dalecosp]

Moving%20Prices.pdf

[bradgrafelman]

[man]rawurlencode/man

EDIT: Also, welcome to PHPBuilder!

[cerd_web]

Bradgrafelman, that was exactly what I needed.

Thanks for the warm welcome and help.

[dalecosp]

Glad to hear it. Please mark your thread RESOLVED. 🙂