PHP str_replace

Question

There is a file i trying replace that contain special char

From:

[v]_CØDE：BREAKER_-_01_[gg][D00B1].mkv

To:

[v]_CoDE：BREAKER_-_01_[gg][D00B1].mkv

But when i try the below code

if ($handle = opendir($refolder)) {
  while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {
    $renameTHEfile = $entry;
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("Ø","O",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace('ø','o',$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace(":","_",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("!","",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("'","",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace('"','',$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace(",","",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("#","",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("$","",$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace('/','',$renameTHEfile);
    $renameTHEfile = str_ireplace("?","",$renameTHEfile);


    $theoldfile_rename = $refolder . $entry;

    $thenewfile_rename = $refolder . $renameTHEfile;


    $cmd_renameit = 'move "' .$theoldfile_rename. '" "'.$thenewfile_rename .'"';

    echo $cmd_renameit;

    exec($cmd_renameit);
  }
}

The video file will output as

[v]_CØDE

How to get it replace properly into , i also need replace the : with _

[v]_CODE_BREAKER_-_01_[gg][D00B1].mkv

Thanks for helping.

Answer 1

You have a space in the file. Escape it like: "\ " or some other character. In your case, just remove the space. str_replace(" ", "", $str)