Working with Japanese filenames in PHP 5.3 and Windows Vista?

Question

I\'m currently trying to write a simple script that looks in a folder, and returns a list of all the file names in an RSS feed. However I\'ve hit a major wall... Whenever I

Answer 1

Yeah, no, as others stated it, PHP CAN'T do it… Shame on you PHP!

As others also suggested, one alternative could be to write a proxy in another language that can read those file names:

Some suggested C, but personally I found Python much more simpler/attractive (here Python3).

** BE SURE TO SANITIZE YOUR VARIABLES BEFORE USING THIS **

$success = (bool)(int)shell_exec('python -c "import os;'.
    'os.chdir(\''.$dir.'\'); '.
    'import urllib.parse; '.
    'file_list = tuple(map(urllib.parse.quote_plus, os.listdir())); '.
    'print(int(\''.urlencode($_GET['src']).'\' in file_list and \''.urlencode($_GET['src'].'.part').'\' not in file_list))"'
);

Yup, not pretty, but this snippet allowed me to check against file names by urlencode'ing them.

(Ndla: That particular snippet was used to find out when a file was done downloading with Firefox without having to mess with the API. Not the best but WORKING and fast to setup)