Completely Frustrated!!!!

[bdog01]

ok first off i extremely new to php. but i understand how to program well...

i understand this code perfectly....and it works perfectly every time..so i try and mod it to fit me needs....

<?php
// include getID3() library (can be in a different directory if full path is specified)
require_once('mp3/getid3/getid3.php');

// Initialize getID3 engine
$getID3 = new getID3;

$DirectoryToScan = 'mp3'; // change to whatever directory you want to scan
$dir = opendir($DirectoryToScan);

while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
	$FullFileName = realpath($DirectoryToScan.'/'.$file);
	if (is_file($FullFileName)) {
		set_time_limit(30);

	$ThisFileInfo = $getID3->analyze($FullFileName);

	getid3_lib::CopyTagsToComments($ThisFileInfo);

	// output desired information in whatever format you want
	echo '<TR>';
	echo '<TD>'.$ThisFileInfo['filenamepath'].'</TD>';
	echo '<TD>'.(!empty($ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['artist']) ? implode('<BR>', $ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['artist']) : '&nbsp;').'</TD>';
	echo '<TD>'.(!empty($ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['title'])  ? implode('<BR>', $ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['title'])  : '&nbsp;').'</TD>';
	echo '<TD ALIGN="RIGHT">'.(!empty($ThisFileInfo['audio']['bitrate'])        ? round($ThisFileInfo['audio']['bitrate'] / 1000).' kbps'   : '&nbsp;').'</TD>';
	echo '<TD ALIGN="RIGHT">'.(!empty($ThisFileInfo['playtime_string'])         ? $ThisFileInfo['playtime_string']                          : '&nbsp;').'</TD>';
	echo '</TR>';
}
}
?>

i try changing it to this

<?php
// include getID3() library (can be in a different directory if full path is specified)
require_once('mp3/getid3/getid3.php');

// Initialize getID3 engine
$getID3 = new getID3;

$DirectoryToScan = 'mp3'; // change to whatever directory you want to scan
$dir = opendir($DirectoryToScan);
while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false) {
	$FullFileName = realpath($DirectoryToScan.'/'.$file);
	if (is_file($FullFileName)) {
		set_time_limit(30);

	$ThisFileInfo = $getID3->analyze($FullFileName);

	getid3_lib::CopyTagsToComments($ThisFileInfo);

	// output desired information in whatever format you want
	echo (!empty($ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['title'])  ? implode('<BR>', $ThisFileInfo['comments_html']['title'])  : '&nbsp;');		
}
}
?>

and no all of a suuden it gets really bad...sometimes it works...sometimes i get page cannot be displayed when all ive is deleted some echo statements?

[bdog01]

im still having problems.

ive completely rewritten the file but it still only works %50 of the time.

here it is.

<?php

require_once('mp3/getid3/getid3.php');

// Initialize getID3 engine
$getID3 = new getID3;

$filepath = 'mp3';

$handle = opendir($filepath);
while (false != ($file = readdir($handle))) {
	if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != ".DS_Store" && $file != "getid3" && $file != "index.htm") 	{
		$ThisFileInfo = $getID3->analyze($filepath.'/'.$file);
		getid3_lib::CopyTagsToComments($ThisFileInfo); 
		if ($output) $output .= "|";
        $output .= implode(', ', $ThisFileInfo['comments']['title']);
		}
}
closedir($handle);
echo "&songs=$output&";
?>

here it is on the server

could it just be a problem with my server and not the code at all? does anyone see something i did wrong in my code?

[TheDefender]

Things look fine. I had to refresh the page 3 times before it would load though... Could be the server... Get yourself a free php webhost like http://www.3dmega.com or http://www.000k.net and load it up there to see what happens. Or, if you know someone who will loan you some webspace to test on, that would be handy... You need to rule out the server first, otherwise, you will drive yourself nuts chasing a problem around in circles, only to find out the problem is elsewhere.