:"/\\\|?*]| # file system reserved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words [\x00-\x1F]| # control characters http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx [\x7F\xA0\xAD]| # non-printing characters DEL, NO-BREAK SPACE, SOFT HYPHEN [#\[\]@!$&\'()+,;=]| # URI reserved https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-2.2 [{}^\~`] # URL unsafe characters https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt ~x', '-', $filename ); // avoids ".", ".." or ".hiddenFiles" $filename = ltrim($filename, '.-'); // optional beautification if ($beautify) { $filename = Str::beautifyFilename($filename); } // maximize filename length to 255 bytes http://serverfault.com/a/9548/44086 $ext = pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); $filename = mb_strcut( pathinfo($filename, PATHINFO_FILENAME), 0, 255 - ($ext ? strlen($ext) + 1 : 0), mb_detect_encoding($filename) ).($ext ? '.'.$ext : ''); return $filename; }; } }