Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/22/07 15:29

dkirkdrei@yahoo.com wrote:
> 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...
>

That's because your starting string is NOT VALID! See my post above.

Get the string from the database and try parsing it. You'll get a much
different result.

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