Getting the contents of a directory?

[Anon]

Hi guys,
I've just had a look at the filesystem functions and can't quite find what I'm after.
I need to grab all the filenames (.jpg or .gif's) in a directory and load them into an array so I can show a random pic on a page.
I know this is possible but can't find out how so could someone please tell me what functions I need to look at?

Thanks

Nick

[Anon]

dunno if it helps but have you seen:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/ref.dir.php

[Anon]

<?php
$dir = opendir("/");
while ($entry = readdir($dir))
{
$filelist[$num] = $entry;
$num++;
}
closedir($dir);

// start at 2 to get rid of '.' and '..'
for ($i = 2; $i < $num; $i++)
{
if ((substr($filelist[$i], (strlen($filelist[$i]) - 3), 3) == "gif") || (substr($filelist[$i], (strlen($filelist[$i]) - 3), 3) == "jpg"))
{
$randimg[$x] = $filelist[$i];
$x++;
}
}
?>

try that. it should work the way you want.

[Anon]

Thanks guys, I'll get right on it!

Nick