Displaying a List of HTML files found in Directory

phence

how could i write a script that will automatically build a list of .html files in a certian directory, that can be edited in a CMS i created for my users.

I dont want to have to edit my CMS script for each website I create. I have most everything else completed.

Thank-you,
sean

vaska

it's pretty easy...even i can do that...heh...

search here for readdir or check the manual...it'll get you rolling...

good luck...v

phence

I found this script on the php.net, but can't seem to modify it so that i can only see the .html files in the directory...
I have tried changing false to true and then putting .html for the value of $file.... No such luck

$dirname = "/home". "/www/" . $user . "/"; 

$the_array = Array();
$handle = opendir($dirname); 

while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 
   if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {  /* these "files" will not be added to the array */
       $the_array[] = $file; 
   } 
}
closedir($handle); 

foreach ($the_array as $element) {
   echo "$element ". "<br>";
}

I apprieciate any help.. thank-you!

phence

Well i have been trying to get this working and modifed some code, but i am still not getting any output.

$dir = "/home". "/www/" . $user . "/";
$the_array = Array(); 
    if (($handle = opendir($dir)) or die("Open Failure")){
        while(false !== ($filename = readdir($handle))){
            $filetype = strrchr($filename, ".");
            if($filetype == 'htm' || $filetype =='html' || $filetype =='php'){
                foreach($the_array as $link){
                    echo "<a href='$filename'>$filename</a>";
                }
            } 
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);

If anyone can help, i would greatly appreciate it! Thanks

tomwerner

I don't think that strrchr is the right function to use, try:

// Explode $filetype using . as a reference
$filetype = explode(".", $filename);
// Count number of array elements to stop $filetype['1']; breaking if file contains more than one dot.
$count = count($filetype);
$filetype = $filetype['$count'];

And access the file extension via $filetype

rpanning

Give the function below a shot. It takes two arguments; string Directory and string Extension. It then returns an array of files in that folder with that extension or false on error or no files available.

function list_files($dir, $ext)
{
    $rtn = false;
    $dir = ($dir{strlen($dir) - 1} == '/' ? substr($dir, 0, -1) : $dir);
    if (is_dir($dir)) {
        if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
            while (false !== ($item = readdir($dh))) {
                if (is_file($dir . '/' . $item) && preg_match("/\\." . $ext . "$/i", $item)) {
                    $rtn[] = $item;
                }
            }
            closedir($dh);
        }
    }
    return($rtn);
}
$files = list_files('.', 'html');
print_r($files);