Array problem

[benny79]

How come this code will not work$current_dir = "c:/ben";
$dir = opendir($current_dir);

echo "upload directory is $current_dir<br>";

while ($file = readdir($dir))
{
//it keeps saying there is a problem here
$array($file) = $file;
}

$element = each($array);

echo $element[ "key" ];

Ben

[Anon]

I'm not sure if $array is an acceptable variable name. That might be one of your problems.

But your main problem is that your assignment of the array is incorrect. I think you want something like:

while ($file = readdir($dir))
{
$my_array[] = $file;
}

The keys of this array will be simple index numbers. The values will be the contents of $file.

FWIW, it doesn't seem like it makes much sense to create an array where the key has the same data as the value.

You might also try look at the PHP manual for a description / example for how to use list() and each(). I think it contains an example of how to grab the keys and values of each element of an array.

Something like:
while (list($key,$value) = each($my_array))
{
echo("The key is $key.");
echo("The value is $value.");
}

[benny79]

I figued it out. I am using an associative arrary which stores it not by numbers but by a name.

example
//using as a test goes through and ouputs what is in folder
while ($file = readdir($dir))
{
$array[$file] = $file;
echo "$array[$file]<br>";
}
closedir($dir);

this code outputs everything that is in the file, but it first stores it in an array.