sanitize_file_name( string $filename ): string
Sanitizes a filename, replacing whitespace with dashes.
Contents
Description
Removes special characters that are illegal in filenames on certain operating systems and special characters requiring special escaping to manipulate at the command line. Replaces spaces and consecutive dashes with a single dash. Trims period, dash and underscore from beginning and end of filename. It is not guaranteed that this function will return a filename that is allowed to be uploaded.
Parameters
-
$filename
string Required -
The filename to be sanitized.
Return
string The sanitized filename.
More Information
The special characters are passed through the sanitize_file_name_chars filter before removing them from the file name, allowing plugins to change which characters are considered invalid. After sanitize_file_name()
has done its work, it passes the sanitized file name through the sanitize_file_name filter.
Source
File: wp-includes/formatting.php
.
View all references
function sanitize_file_name( $filename ) {
$filename_raw = $filename;
$filename = remove_accents( $filename );
$special_chars = array( '?', '[', ']', '/', '\\', '=', '<', '>', ':', ';', ',', "'", '"', '&', '$', '#', '*', '(', ')', '|', '~', '`', '!', '{', '}', '%', '+', '’', '«', '»', '”', '“', chr( 0 ) );
// Check for support for utf8 in the installed PCRE library once and store the result in a static.
static $utf8_pcre = null;
if ( ! isset( $utf8_pcre ) ) {
// phpcs:ignore WordPress.PHP.NoSilencedErrors.Discouraged
$utf8_pcre = @preg_match( '/^./u', 'a' );
}
if ( ! seems_utf8( $filename ) ) {
$_ext = pathinfo( $filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION );
$_name = pathinfo( $filename, PATHINFO_FILENAME );
$filename = sanitize_title_with_dashes( $_name ) . '.' . $_ext;
}
if ( $utf8_pcre ) {
$filename = preg_replace( "#\x{00a0}#siu", ' ', $filename );
}
/**
* Filters the list of characters to remove from a filename.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param string[] $special_chars Array of characters to remove.
* @param string $filename_raw The original filename to be sanitized.
*/
$special_chars = apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name_chars', $special_chars, $filename_raw );
$filename = str_replace( $special_chars, '', $filename );
$filename = str_replace( array( '%20', '+' ), '-', $filename );
$filename = preg_replace( '/\.{2,}/', '.', $filename );
$filename = preg_replace( '/[\r\n\t -]+/', '-', $filename );
$filename = trim( $filename, '.-_' );
if ( ! str_contains( $filename, '.' ) ) {
$mime_types = wp_get_mime_types();
$filetype = wp_check_filetype( 'test.' . $filename, $mime_types );
if ( $filetype['ext'] === $filename ) {
$filename = 'unnamed-file.' . $filetype['ext'];
}
}
// Split the filename into a base and extension[s].
$parts = explode( '.', $filename );
// Return if only one extension.
if ( count( $parts ) <= 2 ) {
/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/formatting.php */
return apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name', $filename, $filename_raw );
}
// Process multiple extensions.
$filename = array_shift( $parts );
$extension = array_pop( $parts );
$mimes = get_allowed_mime_types();
/*
* Loop over any intermediate extensions. Postfix them with a trailing underscore
* if they are a 2 - 5 character long alpha string not in the allowed extension list.
*/
foreach ( (array) $parts as $part ) {
$filename .= '.' . $part;
if ( preg_match( '/^[a-zA-Z]{2,5}\d?$/', $part ) ) {
$allowed = false;
foreach ( $mimes as $ext_preg => $mime_match ) {
$ext_preg = '!^(' . $ext_preg . ')$!i';
if ( preg_match( $ext_preg, $part ) ) {
$allowed = true;
break;
}
}
if ( ! $allowed ) {
$filename .= '_';
}
}
}
$filename .= '.' . $extension;
/**
* Filters a sanitized filename string.
*
* @since 2.8.0
*
* @param string $filename Sanitized filename.
* @param string $filename_raw The filename prior to sanitization.
*/
return apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name', $filename, $filename_raw );
}
Hooks
-
apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name',
string $filename ,string $filename_raw ) -
Filters a sanitized filename string.
-
apply_filters( 'sanitize_file_name_chars',
string[] $special_chars ,string $filename_raw ) -
Filters the list of characters to remove from a filename.
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
2.1.0 | Introduced. |
User Contributed Notes
You must log in before being able to contribute a note or feedback.
When you write any special characters in a filename like brackets, commas etc then that function sanitize_file_name() automatically remove from that file name.
For Example:
In above code use bracket and comma after that sanitize_file_name() function remove bracket and comma then show final result is test.php
You can also use sanitize_file_name to automatically convert all filenames on upload to lowercase:
add_filter( 'sanitize_file_name', 'mb_strtolower' );