rename file name (persian/farsi/arabic) in php

Question

i want to rename file in php when file name is persian(farsi/arabic).

file name: 'ش' and i want to rename 'a'

and this code not work:

rename("ش", "a");

result:

Warning: rename(ش,a): The system cannot find the file specified. (code: 2) in C:\xampp_new\htdocs\vira2\test.php on line 5

PHP Version 5.6.3 on Xampp on Windows

check this thread, maybe that can help : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11243863/php-rename-faled-for-filename-with-utf-8-arabic-charset-string — Yacino, May 09 '15 at 22:18
I checked before. but not work. this answer use by linux bash commands. — Ali Mohammadi, May 09 '15 at 22:20

Ben · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-09T22:00:09.660

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Edit:

<?php
  setlocale(LC_ALL, 'ar');
  mkdir('ش');
  rename('ش', 'a');

edited May 09 '15 at 22:00

answered May 09 '15 at 21:42

Ben

this result: rename(%D8%B4,a): The system cannot find the file specified. (code: 2) – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 21:46
Edited again, tested on a mac. – Ben May 09 '15 at 21:56
On Windows 8.1: Warning: rename(ش,a): The system cannot find the file specified. (code: 2) in – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 21:56
Is this the response after `setlocale(LC_ALL, 'ar');`? Make sure `urlencode` is removed too. – Ben May 09 '15 at 21:59
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Add a `mkdir('ش');` in between and see what happens. – Ben May 09 '15 at 22:00
yes i do it and not work again. perhaps my windows or php config is wrong. because i cant rename, copy and shell_exec when use farsi character in php – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 22:00
when touch or mkdir is work! but when file is available, Not Work! – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 22:03
Seems to me that the filenames are encoded in something different – Ben May 09 '15 at 22:04
when touch file by 'ش' name and not rename, this touch file name is Ø´ on windows – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 22:04
What's your system locale? Run in cmd: `$ systeminfo` and look for `System Locale:` – Ben May 09 '15 at 22:06
en-us;English (United States) – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 22:07
try `setlocale(LC_ALL, "nb_NO.utf8");` instead – Ben May 09 '15 at 22:09
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This is kinda sad, I would say in reality you won't really be running PHP in an windows environment. I suggest running a unix in a virtual machine and sync the files. Best wishes! – Ben May 09 '15 at 22:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '15 at 21:50

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You have to include the path of the file.

<?php

rename("c\ش", "c\a"); ?>

answered May 09 '15 at 21:50

Mathieu

write double backslashes – Mathieu May 09 '15 at 21:52
Warning: rename(C:\xampp_new\htdocs\test\ش,C:\xampp_new\htdocs\test\a): The system cannot find the file specified. (code: 2) – Ali Mohammadi May 09 '15 at 21:55

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