PHP Opendir() paths containing spaces

Question

I want to open a directory on linux file system using the opendir() PHP function.

The path might contain spaces or some other special characters.

While I am trying to open the directory I get:

Warning: opendir(/home/user/_demo/test/salamis\ test): failed to open dir: No such file or directory

I firstly tried to replace the space character with \ (slash space) using:

str_replace(" ","\ ","salamis test");

But unfortunately is not working. Any suggestions?

have you tried `opendir("/home/user/_demo/test/salamis test");` ? — Karoly Horvath, Feb 03 '12 at 23:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Same problem today. I found that adding the quotes did not help. I realized that the share folder was mounted with a different user account, and after umounting and updating /etc/fstab with the correct uid & gid (apache), I was able to mount and process files on the share.

This answer was also helpful.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Dec 05 '12 at 22:05

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '12 at 23:11

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Enclose path parameter within quotes (double or single).

e.g.

opendir('/home/user/_demo/test/salamis test');
opendir("/home/user/_demo/test/salamis test");

$path = '/home/user/_demo/test/salamis test';
opendir($path);

$path = "/home/user/_demo/test/salamis test";
opendir($path);

answered Feb 03 '12 at 23:11

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If he wasn't enclosing that path in quotes, he would get a parse error. The script wouldn't even run. – webbiedave Feb 03 '12 at 23:15
@webbiedave I am guessing he is including `\\` before spaces. – ThinkingMonkey Feb 03 '12 at 23:16
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Necro-commenting but this is not the solution. It doesn't solve this problem. – Niddro Sep 24 '15 at 07:11

PHP Opendir() paths containing spaces

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