search for partial filename

[Anon]

Anyone know how I might scan the current folder (i.e. the folder the page with the script is in) for all files creating a certain word?

e.g. let's say I have some files called user1.txt, user2.txt and user3.txt, how would I tell it to search for, and then create links to, any files with the word 'user' in?

Any help appreciated. Thanks 😮)

[Anon]

You might want to run an command to the system such as: ls user*.txt > tempfile

Then take the tempfile and read it line by line using:
$links = file("/path/to/tempfile");

Now you have an array with all the files that match that. You just walk through the array and print out the link names.

$j = count($links);

for($i = 0; $i < $j; $i++) {
print("<a href=\"$link[$i]\">Link name</a>");
}

Hope that works. Email me if you need more help.

Daniel Ice
http://www.coderguy.com

[Anon]

I though of a better method for doing this.

$i = "";
while(file_exists("/path/to/file/user$i.txt) {
print("<a href=\"$user$i.txt\">Link name</a>");
$i++;
}

Have fun.

Daniel Ice,
http://www.coderguy.com