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?

Answer 1

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);