CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This function will replace the characters in a string to be used for a folder name with acceptable character replacements. Will support high ascii chars and replace spaces with "_". Great way to keep folder names legal, especially when dealing with "international" characters.

Return Values:
Returns a string.

Example:

<cfoutput>
#foldercheck("Espa�ol and Fran�ais")#
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Will replace chars in a string to be used to create a folder with valid equivalent replacements
 * 
 * @param folder      Name of folder. (Required)
 * @return Returns a string. 
 * @author Mike Gillespie (mike@striking.com) 
 * @version 1, May 9, 2003 
 */
function foldercheck(folder) {
   var bad_chars="�,/,\,*,&,%,$,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�,�";
   var good_chars="A,-,-,-,-,-,-,A,A,A,A,A,A,C,D,E,E,E,E,I,I,I,I,N,O,O,O,O,O,U,U,U,U,Y,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,c,e,e,e,o,e,i,i,i,i,n,o,o,o,o,o,u,u,u,u,y,y,i";
   var scrubbed="";

   if(folder eq "") return "";
   return replace(replace(ReplaceList(trim(folder), bad_chars, good_chars)," ","_","all"),"'","","all");
}