Images for specific files

[longbow]

is it possible to have a sertian file like a .zip or .doc file have a gif that is set for its file type in a script

ex.
file1.zip = compress.gif
file2.doc = words.gif
file3.exe = binary.gif

or something like that, something that can read teh file type and print an image to its file type thats about it

thanks
Longbow

[cbj4074]

Absolutely, and it's pretty easy.

All you need to do is break the file name down in order to get the file extension and then match that extension with the appropriate image.

<?php
//this is your file name
$file = 'document.zip';

//this gets the file extension by finding the last period in the file name
//and keeps only the portion of the string that comes after the last period
$ext = strrchr($file, '.');

//then you set up an array with keys that represent the file type and values
//that represent the image names to match up with the file types
$associations = array(
'.zip' => 'compress.gif',
'.doc' => 'words.gif',
'.exe' => 'binary.gif'
);

foreach ($associations as $key=>$value) {
	if ($ext == $key) {
		$image = $value;
	}
}

echo "This file has the extension \"$ext\", which means it gets the \"$image\" image.";
?>

[longbow]

just a quick question about this segment

$associations = array( 
'.zip' => 'compress.gif', 
'.doc' => 'words.gif', 
'.exe' => 'binary.gif' 
);

im getting an error when i remove the > after the = but if i leave the > it does not work
the error is "Parse error: parse error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' "
any ideas?

longbow
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[longbow]

i have the script set up as

<?php 
$dirname = "."; 
$dh = opendir($dirname) or die("couldn't open directory"); 
while (!(($file = readdir($dh)) === false ) ) { 
    if (is_dir("$dirname/$file")) {     

if ($file == "index.php")  

    continue; 
 print "DIR "; 
        } 
        print "<a href=\"$file\">$file</a><br>"; 
$ext = strrchr($file, '.'); 
$associations = array(  

'.zip' = 'compress.gif',  

'.doc' = 'words.gif',  

'.exe' = 'binary.gif'  

);  

foreach ($associations as $key=$value) {  

    if ($ext == $key) {  

        $image = $value;  

    }  

}  

} 
} 
closedir($dh); 
?> 

[kpzani]

the => is the symbol for an associate array. normally and array has a numerical key like myarray[0] = test.

but arrays can have any type of key (coz php aint typed :-).

so the code should be:

<?php 
$dirname = "."; 
$dh = opendir($dirname) or die("couldn't open directory"); 
while (!(($file = readdir($dh)) === false ) ) { 
    if (is_dir("$dirname/$file")) {     

if ($file == "index.php")  

    continue; 
 print "DIR "; 
        } 
        print "<a href=\"$file\">$file</a><br>"; 
$ext = strrchr($file, '.'); 
$associations = array(  

'.zip' => 'compress.gif',  

'.doc' => 'words.gif',  

'.exe' => 'binary.gif'  

);  

// minor change here
$image = $associations[$ext];
}  

} 
} 
closedir($dh); 
?> 

[longbow]

ill try it just with a few files to see if it is working but my server is down for the time being (connection problems at host) once its back up ill try it out

[longbow]

i also noticed i didnt have the echo in my code

<?php  

$dirname = ".";  

$dh = opendir($dirname) or die("couldn't open directory");  

while (!(($file = readdir($dh)) === false ) ) {  

    if (is_dir("$dirname/$file")) {      

if ($file == "index.php")   

    continue;  

 print "DIR ";  

        }  

        print "<a href=\"$file\">$file</a><br>";  

$ext = strrchr($file, '.');  

$associations = array(   

'.zip' => 'compress.gif',   

'.doc' => 'words.gif',   

'.exe' => 'binary.gif'
);
$image = $associations[$ext];
print "$image $file";
}
}
}
closedir($dh);  

?>