sanitize file name
function filter_filename($filename, $beautify=true) {
// sanitize filename
$filename = preg_replace(
'~
[<>:"/\\|?*]| # 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://tools.ietf.org/html/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) $filename = beautify_filename($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;
}