At 00:28 18-4-2001 -0700, Sean Coyle wrote:
>Thanks for that help! Now I am getting an interesting error that I am not
>sure what to make of.
>
>Warning: REG_ERANGE in /home/httpd/www/worldvibe.org/digitall/edit_f.php on
>line 91
>
>Here are lines surrounding 91:
>
>89-> strtolower($f_loc_name);
>90-> $f_loc_new = "";
>91-> $f_loc_new = ereg_replace("[^[_a-z0-9-\.]]", "", $f_loc_name);
>92-> $f_loc_name = "";
>93-> $f_loc_name = $f_loc_new;
$f_loc_new = ereg_replace("[^_a-z0-9-\.]", "", $f_loc_name);
>I have tried tow other variations of line 91, and both of them do not seem
>to work the way I am hoping for.
>
>I have (since the last message, decided to remove the offending characters,
>rather than replace them with an underscore (hence the ""). Below is an
>example of what I am trying to accomplish:
>
>Test_File#()*#$.txt should be converted to test_file.txt
>
>TEST.file.#####.txt should be converted to sean.coyle..txt
>
>I am not all that great with regular expressions, so any help I can get on
>this is greatly appreciated!
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Sean
>
>
>On 4/17/01 11:01 PM, in article
>DC017B079D81D411998C009027B7112A015ED111@EXC-TYO-01, "Maxim Maletsky"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > $str = eregi_replace("[^[_a-z0-9-]]", '_', $str)
> >
> > would this 2-seconds written-in, non-tested scratch of code do the job?
> >
> > If not then something like this...
> >
> > eregi_replace() is what you are looking for.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Maxim Maletsky
> > Founder, Chief Developer
> > PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > www.phpbeginner.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Coyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 2:23 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [PHP] Is it possible to parse a variable by character?
> >
> >
> > Hey there guys,
> >
> > This may seem like a dumb question, but I have to ask it anyway.
> >
> > I have a form in one of my php based scripts that allows for file uploads.
> > I recently noticed a potential issue if people upload files containing
> > anything else but the standard characters ([_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]).
> >
> > I am not sure if this can be done, but what I need to do is parse this
> > variable (lets call it $file_name) by character looking for anything save
> > letters a-z (A-Z) and numbers 0-9. Any arrangements of numbers,
> letters and
> > full stops (.) are to be permitted, and if any character does not meet
> those
> > specifications, that single character should be converted to an underscore.
> >
> > Any ideas on how I can go about doing something like this?
> >
> > BTW: (Some background info) I examined the average validate e-mail idea,
> > however, rather than reject the string, I would like to be able to
> 'replace'
> > the offending character.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Sean
> >
>
>
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