Spaces in URL causes split() to not work

[Ciary]

hi all,

i dont know if my problem is based on javascript or PHP but i think its php. it can also be a buffer problem.

while reading a file, i've encountered a strange problem. what i do is reading the file. the file is formatted like this:

URL;;;URL;;;TYPE;;;URL;;;NAME;;;NAME;;;DATA;;;DATA

after reading the file i'm putting it into a javascript array using string.split(";;;")
normally there is no problem. but when there is a space in the url's (and in the url of the filepath), there appears to be a problem. in FF there is no problem, but in IE (yep it's IE again :) ) it returns a string like this:

URL;;;URL;;;URL;;;DATA;;;DATA

which was the format of the file when i first created it. but i checked and it isn't in that format anymore. stranger is, if i change the of the file without spaces it works perfect.

can anyone tell me how i should get it working with the spaces?

[Markus]

Please use a meaningful title when posting.

I doubt this is PHP related, but I have been wrong before. I cannot think why a space in the string would change the way split() would work.

I think I'll move this to JS. Please provide the code you are using JS (and PHP).

[Ciary]

just checked, it can't be js. the php script returns a wrong string so i posted it right. still this doesnt explain why php should return a string of the old file. ill give you a practical example.

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if i set the file like this:
url: projects/twilight/twilight.txt

then it would contain something like this:
projects/twilight/twilight.txt;;;projects/twilight/light.doc;;;pdf;;;projects/twilight/light.pdf;;;hello;;;hello;;;mydata;;;mydata

php returns:
projects/twilight/twilight.txt;;;projects/twilight/light.doc;;;pdf;;;projects/twilight/light.pdf;;;hello;;;hello;;;mydata;;;mydata

this is correct
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if i set the file like this:
url: projects/new light/new light.txt

then it would contain something like this:
projects/new light/new light.txt;;;projects/new light/light.doc;;;pdf;;;projects/new light/light.pdf;;;hello;;;hello;;;mydata;;;mydata

php returns:
projects/new light/new light.txt;;;projects/new light/light.doc;;;projects/new light/light.pdf;;;mydata;;;mydata

this is what's wrong

strange thing is, in FF he does both like it should.

[Markus]

OK. It's how you're reading the file then. Let's have a look.

Mark.

[Dormilich]

is, in turn, PHP fed with the right input from IE?

[Ciary]

<?php
$file = $_GET["path"];
 
$id = fopen($file, "r");
$data = fread($id, filesize($file));
fclose($id);
 
echo $data;
?>

this is the code which will echo the string

[Ciary]

ok doesnt seems to be a PHP problem, but an AJAX problem. srr to doubt about you marcus :(

if i manually open the page openFile.php it opens the right string. doesnt explain why AJAX doesnt though. the php is correct so this thread can be relocated to the javascript forum

[Ciary]

ok, seems like AJAX saves the last given answer to answer when an error occurs. when i did something terribly wrong on my phppage it still returned the same string so.

and i've fixed the problem. i changed the path from: openFile.php?path=projects/new light/new light.txt to openFile.php?path='projects/new light/new light.txt' and then replaced the "\'" with "" in php. that fixed it srr for the inconvenience guys and tnx for the help.