scanning dirs and subdirs for specified filename

[KoshNaranek]

Hi,

is there a way to "scan" dirs and subdirs for files?

i've got a structure like this:

maindir (/htdocs)
--subdir1
----sub-subdir1.1
----sub-subdir1.2
--subdir2
----sub-subdir2.1
----sub-subdir2.2
...

for example... there is a file/script named 12345.html in 2.2.

The Mainscript is located in the maindir and includes a form where you can enter, what you are looking for ("12345")...
The Script now should scan the dirs and subdirs.
If the file 12345.html is found --> open 12345.html
--> else display error

I can't find a solution in the PHP-Docu...

[The_Chancer]

I think this has to be looked at logically, as follows:

Open link to directory
while listing directory contents
If isdir($file) then {
check this directory for file contents / directories as shown}
else
{
if ($file==12345.html) echo {file is in $path} else {}
}

This should give you the basic sort of layout to go back down and up a directory tree and check for the file.

In some cases the ISP may have turned off some of the Filesystem commands (like mine has done) - not too sure of a way round it - whether an fopen command somehow would be able to help.... but this could be a stumbling block for you...

[KoshNaranek]

Ahhh... is_dir... there is no link to this from the other dir-functions :rolleyes: in the chm-Version of the docu..

with a combination of readdir() and is_dir() there should be a way to do this. 😃

My ISP is no Problem... i've got root-access to this machine 😉

Thx so far.