finding files of a particular type in a folder

TaffL

Hi all!

I found this thread which is along the lines of what I need:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=10262852&highlight=directory+contents

which basically gives me the following code:

<?
$dir = "testimages/"; 

if (is_dir($dir)) { 
    if ($dh = opendir($dir))
    {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false)
        { 

            # output links to the files
            print '<br/><A HREF="'.$dir.$file.'">'.$file.'</a>'; 

        } 
    closedir($dh); 
    } 
} 
?>

however when I carry it out it also links me to . & .. i.e. the root and $dir, how could I get rid of that?

Also I'd like to only display certain file types, for example only .swfs ?

Any help anyone can give would be greatly appreciated🙂

Taff L

Shrike

<? 
$dir = "testimages/";  

if (is_dir($dir)) {  
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) 
    { 
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) 
        {  

            # output links to the files 
            preg_match("/^\\.+$/i", $file)
              or print '<br/><A HREF="'.$dir.$file.'">'.$file.'</a>';  

        }  
    closedir($dh);  
    }  
}  
?>

TaffL

Thanks for the swift reply Shrike!

I suppose I could use the same thing for checking the file type, although I noticed an eregi function too, which seems to be along the same lines.
I was also surprised not to find preg_match in the reference of my book, "programming php" from O'reilly, its in the index though so I know what it does now.

Once again thanks for your help Shrike, and if you ever need some help with ActionScript😉

Taff