directory reading problems

[daimaru]

This code will work if I run it on my apache server I run from home for testing, but as soon as I host it dies, only echoes 'filelist=' and can't read any of the files in the directory, if I get rid of gallery it will read the root directory but thats it. anyone have any clue? I hope I explained this well.

<?php
$PATH = $_ENV['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$d=$PATH.'/gallery/'; #define which dir you want to read
//$files = array(); #initialize array
$files = '';
$dir = opendir($d); #open directory
while ($f = readdir($dir)) { #read one file name
 //if (eregi("/.mp3",$f)){ #if filename matches .txt in the name
  if (!eregi(".mp3",$f) && $f!=='.' && $f!=='..'){ #if does not match .jpg . and ..
  	if ($files == ""){
		$files = $f;
	}else{
		$files = $files . ',' . $f;
	}	
    //array_push($files,"$f"); #push into $files array
  //echo "filelist=$files"; #print name of each file found
  }
}
echo "filelist=$files"; #print name of each file found
?>

[paulnaj]

Hi daimaru,

Welcome to the forum 🙂

Are you getting error messages? If so, what are they?

You could try using ...

$PATH = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

... instead of ...

$PATH = $_ENV['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

(Echo it out to the browser to check it's the path you want).

The $SERVER version should* always work whereas the $ENV depends on the particular configuration of your host server.

Paul.

*Have a look at the manual entry for pre-defined variables to see when and why.

[daimaru]

thnx a ton, it works fine now😃