Using the Replace Function to replace " and ,

[jeepxo]

I'm using the <cffile> tag to upload files to a server. I'd like to replace some characters if they are used in the file name so that I can use the file name in a URL later on.

My understanding of the Replace function is that it takes a string for the characters you want replaced, and a string for the characters to replace them with, and that it is comma delimitted.

So if upload the file then rename it without the characters that I don't want I think that would work. My problem is removing some special characters like &quot;, ', and comma's

for example if a file was named

my Bad'name&quot;,file.doc

how would I create a comma delimitted string to represent the space, the single quote the comma and the double quote?

doing a <CFSET myBadChars =&quot; ,,,',&quot;&quot;> obviously isn't going to work.

&quot;Every day is like a precious gift, you have to make it count&quot; James Birrell 1993-2001

 

[pcorreia]

So, what I think you're saying is that you'd like to take the file name from the uploaded file and remove any comma, apostrophe, and quote characters.

Try this:

<cffile 
   action=&quot;RENAME&quot;
   source=&quot;#CFFILE.ServerFile#&quot;
   destination=&quot;#REReplace(CFFILE.ServerFile,&quot;[,&quot;&quot;']&quot;,&quot;&quot;,&quot;ALL&quot;)#&quot;>