offtopic but php5 - How to get 8.3 Path from regular path

[syn]

Hi,
i know, this isnt a php-gtk2 question... but if you use php-gtk2 at windows, maybe you will have the same problem sometimes

have someone a hint how to get 8.3 (Dos/WIN)-Paths from a normal windows path?

I have this relapath:
C:\programme\testverzeichnis3\testprogramm.exe

I want this Dos 8.3 styles-path
C:\progra~1\testve~3\testpr~1.exe

Hope, someone can help me to get these path

Thank you.

[asnth]

Something like this but instead of "~1" you'll have to check for the existence of similar paths / files and increment to ~2 etc


$path = "C:\programme\testverzeichnis3\testprogramm.exe";

echo dos83 ($path);

function dos83 ($file) {

$file = str_replace ("\t", "/t", $file);
$file = str_replace ("\n", "/n", $file);
$file = str_replace ("\\", "/", $file);
$ext = substr ($file, strlen ($file) - 3);

$file = explode ("/", $file);

foreach ($file as $key => $value) {

if (strlen ($value) > 8) {

$file[$key] = substr ($value, 0, 6)."~1";
}

}

return implode ("/", $file).".".$ext;
}