PHP - Upload utf-8 filename

Question

I'm Vietnamese and i want to upload a utf-8 filename like `Tên Tệp Tiếng Việt.JPG` Here is my code ``` utf-8 0 ) echo "FILE ERROR!"; else { $base_dir = "D:/"; $fn = $_FILES["upload"]["name"]; $fn2 = $base_dir.$fn; move_uploaded_file($_FILES["upload"]["tmp_name"],$fn2); } } ?> ``` but when i upload that i see on my computer D:\ has a file like `TÃªn Tá»‡p Tiáº¿ng Viá»‡t.JPG` How to fix that thanks

Accepted Answer

I'm on Windows 8 chinese version, and I deal with similar problem with this:

```
$filename = iconv("utf-8", "cp936", $filename);
```

`cp` stands for `Code page` and `cp936` stands for Code page 936, which is the default code page of simplified chinese version of Windows.

So I think maybe your problem could be solved in a similar way:

```
$fn2 = iconv("UTF-8","cp1258", $base_dir.$fn);
```

I'm not quite sure whether the default code page of your OS is `1258` or not, you should check it yourself by opening command prompt and type in command `chcp`. Then change `1258` to whatever the command give you.

UPDATE

It seems that PHP filesystem functions can only handle characters that are in system codepage, according to this answer. So you have 2 choices here:

Limit the characters in the filename to system codepage - in your case, it's `437`. But I'm pretty sure that code page 437 does not include all the vietnamese characters.

Change your system codepage to the vietnamese one: `1258` and convert the filename to `cp1258`. Then the filesystem functions should work.

Both choices are deficient:

Choice 1: You can't use vietnamese characters anymore, which is not what you want.

Choice 2: You have to change system code page, and filename characters are limited to code page 1258.

UPDATE

How to change system code page:

Go to `Control Panel` > `Region` > `Administrative` > `Change system locale` and select `Vietnamese(Vietnam)` in the drop down menu.

PHP - Upload utf-8 filename

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