file()

[Anon]

how can i use file() to open multiple files in a dir so that i can search the files for a string and do something with it?

please provide code. thanks..

[theslinky]

If you are on linux, then I recommend you use the grep command to search for the string. grep is written in C and is very fast compared to PHP.

If you really want to do it with PHP, then use the opendir command, use the readdir command to get the filename and use fopen to open the file and search for the string.

let me know which method you prefer and post it here, and i can help you with it.

-sridhar

[Anon]

This code would search all files in the current directory for the word "string":

<?
$handle = opendir ('.');
while (($filename = readdir ($handle)) !== false)
{
if ($filename != '.' && $filename != '..')
{
$file_array = file ($filename);
foreach ($file_array as $key => $value)
{
if (stristr ($value, 'string')) {echo 'string found in ' . $filename . ' on line number ' . $key + 1 . '<br>';}
}
}
?>

[Anon]

devin you are the man! thanks.