Seaching file system

benny79

How would I create a seach that enables the user to type in any characters and it seaches a particular folder on my filesystem then gives them all the results of matching files with links so they can download them.

Ben Coffman

Anon

Do you want help as in what to do or do you want to see a sample code?

In any case, do the following:

If you're on linux/unix, use the command "find" to search for the file
get the output of the command using exec or system in an array
run a loop to display each item using code like this:

for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array); $i++) {
print "<a href=\"$directory/" . urlencode($array[$i]) . "\">" . $array[$i] . "</a><br>\n";
}

You have to use urlencode when printing the filename inside a href attribute so that the URL is properly encoded and doesn't contain illegal characters.

If you REALLY want a fully functional code, reply to this message and I'll write you one.

good luck!
-sridhar

benny79

ok here is my code
I want a user to be able to input what they want to look for. I was thinking of using file_exists to find if the file is there, but I am having one problem...it is not passing the value in userfile.

here is the code

<form method=post action="search.php">
Search: <input name="userfile" type="text" size=15>
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form></body>

search.php

<head>
<title>Search Results</title>
</head>
<body>
<p> Results </p>
<?
echo "help";

//it will not print $userfile on my page
echo $userfile;

echo "below";

?>
</body>

benny79

I am using a win2k machine.

How could I do a search like find and retrive the output for win2k and put it in an array.

How would you array the output for a linux machine...curious?

How would you also display a simple link in php

like c:\putty.exe
would it be
echo ""<p><a href="c:\putty.exe">Putty</a></p>"

Ben