php delete file that contains '& characters'

Question

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?

How are you creating `$path` variable and populating it. Please add that bit of code as well. — Madhur Bhaiya, Nov 11 '18 at 05:54
$path="../music/Safe & Sound.mp3" i use that '..' because the file is in another folder — Renaldi re, Nov 11 '18 at 07:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '18 at 05:56

0

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.

answered Nov 11 '18 at 05:56

Ayaz Ali Shah

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is there any method to add that slash automatically? i have tried addslashes but it's not working – Renaldi re Nov 11 '18 at 07:54

php delete file that contains '& characters'

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