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php delete file that contains '& characters'

i have string path like this "../music/Safe & Sound.mp3"

but when i tried to delete the file with PHP like this

if (!unlink($path))
{
    echo "Error while deleting file";exit();
}

it shows the echo "Error while deleting file" and file failed to be deleted i have tried to rename the file manually by removing "&" character, unlink works perfectly

so how to delete a file using unlink with special character such as "&" on its filename?

Solution

  • You can try by following script 

    $path = '../music/Safe \& Sound.mp3'; /* I don't know about complete path I just want to let you know about file name */
if (!unlink($path))
{
    echo "Error while deleting file";exit();
}

    \ will escape the special character.