Posted by dkirkdrei on 09/22/07 15:26

On Sep 22, 10:40 am, gosha bine <stereof...@gmail.com> wrote:
> dkirkd...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > On Sep 22, 4:28 am, gosha bine <stereof...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> dkirkd...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >>> I am having a bit of trouble trying to double up on slashes in a file
> >>> path. What I am trying to do is very similar to the code below:
> >>> <?
> >>> $var = "\\wusais\Intranets\Intranets\fpdb\pdf\weinig\00505882.pdf";
> >>> $new = preg_replace("\\", "\\\", "$var");
> >>> ?>
> >>> Code above produces the following error:
> >>> Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot
> >>> \pages\replace.php on line 12
> >>> In the end, $new needs to be: \\\\wusais\\Intranets\\Intranets\\fpdb\
> >>> \pdf\\weinig\\00505882.pdf
> >>> but it seems to be very difficult replacing slashes.
> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> >> $var = "\\wusais\\Intranets\\Intranets\\fpdb\\pdf\\weinig\\00505882.pdf";
>
> >> echo strtr($var, array('\\' => '\\\\'));
>
> >> note that initially $var actually contains only single slashes, however
> >> you must write each slash twice because of php escaping rules.
>
> >> --
> >> gosha bine
>
> >> extended php parser ~http://code.google.com/p/pihipi
> >> blok ~http://www.tagarga.com/blok-Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > These file paths are coming from a database, they are all windows
> > paths and they reside on a company intranet so it is a "controlled"
> > environment. Every file path is structured just like \\wusais\Intranets
> > \Intranets\fpdb\pdf\weinig\00505882.pdf. For what I am trying to do, I
> > have to double up on all of the slashes which is really being a pain.
> > At this point, I believe I am going to try and explode the string to
> > remove all the slashes and then reassemble it with the correct number
> > of slashes.
>
> This doesn't matter where the string comes from. The code I posted above
>
> $var = strtr($var, array('\\' => '\\\\'));
>
> should work for the strings coming from the database as well.
>
> --
> gosha bine
>
> extended php parser ~http://code.google.com/p/pihipi
> blok ~http://www.tagarga.com/blok- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

the code:

<?
$var = "\\wusais\Intranets\Intranets\fpdb\pdf\weinig\00505882.pdf";
echo strtr($var, array('\\' => '\\\\'));
?>

produces this:

\\wusais\\Intranets\\Intranets\\fpdb\\pdf\\weinig05882.pdf

close but the end is still killing me...

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