Best way to pass a file name in $_GET

[guyfromfl]

I am trying to send a file name to another php file, but am having trouble coming up with the best way to deal with the period between filename and extension.

 

I have done a little reading on google and came up with 2 1/2 solutions...

 

#1 - Pass the file name only and assume the extension later.  This is good but limits what I can do in the future.

#2 - Pass the file name and extension as different vars (ie phpfile.php?filename=foo&ext=bar)

#3 - Write a function that changes the periods to an acceptable character and then convert it back in phpfile.php.  I don't think this is such a great idea since you can have a file name like joe_vs_the_volcano.1988.txt or whatever.

 

I was just wondering if anybody had any ideas and thoughts I am missing...

 

Thanks

[AbraCadaver]

#3, except you don't have to write the function

 

$newname = urlencode($filename);

[guyfromfl]

Ha, thats awsome.

 

Idk why I didn't see one mention of that function, and why I wasn't even thinking about it.

 

Thanks!