:) Thanks. Just learning. Suggestions for improvement anyone? > Oh man, use str_replace() please and to remove the $ just use '$' > > $filename = stripslashes(strip_punctuation($filename)); > > $filename = $filename.".".randString(5).".htm"; > > echo "here it is: ".$filename."!!"; > > -------------coupe---------------------- > > function strip_punctuation ($mystring) > > { > > $mystring = ereg_replace (".html", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace (".htm", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace (" ", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("}", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("{", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\|", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\]", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\[", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\\\\", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (":", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\"", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace (";", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("'", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (">", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("<", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\?", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace (",", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\.", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("/", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\~", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("!", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("@", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("#", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\$", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("%", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\^", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("&", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\*", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\(", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\)", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("_", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("\+", "", $mystring); > > > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("`", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("-", "", $mystring); > > $mystring = ereg_replace ("=", "", $mystring); > > > > return $mystring; > > > > }
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