move_uploaded_file function in PHP

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I have a problem that I'm using move_uploaded_file() function to upload files and some of the files named in Arabic so I googled the problem but still no answer I used meta tag and I used Base64 encode and everything but still doesn't work. What is the solution ?

<?php
    $data_name=$_POST['name'];
    $name=base64_encode($_FILES['file']['name']);
    $location="../Files/".$course_name."/";
    $tmp_name=$_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
    if(move_uploaded_file($tmp_name, $location.$name))
        echo"OK";
?>

Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) right after your opening PHP tag for example ` — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 28 '15 at 16:17
Is it important that the file which is uploaded maintain the same name or can they be renamed? — Professor Abronsius, Dec 28 '15 at 16:23
no not a problem , but why can't we upload a file name in Arabic ? — Montaser Qasem, Dec 28 '15 at 16:26
is it showing you any error? i dont think so name can create any error, one solution may b to convert name into english using language library. — Imran Qamer, Dec 28 '15 at 16:27
it's doesn't show me any error however the file saved as something like: ط¯ظ„ظٹظ„ ط§ظ„ظ…ظˆط§ط¯ ط§ظ„ط§ط®طھظٹط§ط±ظٹط© ظ…طظ…ظٹ — Montaser Qasem, Dec 28 '15 at 16:28
i used the function in PHP utf8-encode , and i have in my html document — Montaser Qasem, Dec 28 '15 at 16:40
Have you verified that the path and file that is your destination (`$location.$name`) is actually writable by the web server user? — WWW, Dec 28 '15 at 16:50

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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One solution can be:

Have a database where save your arabic name of file and give that file some custom unique name with current time, also save custom name into db, at time of retreival change file name and show to user.

OR use some name conversion library which convert text from arabic to englidh and vice versa. for this purpose have a look on these refferences

how to convert english into arabic dynamically

convert Persian/Arabic numbers to English numbers

OR convert string into utf-8 using php for help:

PHP: Convert any string to UTF-8 without knowing the original character set, or at least try

http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Do you mean that it's just not possible to manipulate file names with Arabic characters in PHP? – Álvaro González Dec 28 '15 at 17:20
possible only when server support arabic text – Imran Qamer Dec 28 '15 at 17:34

move_uploaded_file function in PHP

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