[RESOLVED] Table that automatically updates when new files are added

Roy_Tahoma

Hello all,
This is my first post. I have a basic knowledge of HTML, but am a PHP n00b. What I am trying to do is make a table on the index page of my "/photos" directory that displays each photo. However, rather than having to update the index whenever I add photos, I would like it to automatically detect all of the JPGs in that directory and put each one in its own cell. This way I will only have to FTP the photos into the "/photos" directory, and they would appear on the index page without my having to amend the index itself. I'm assuming that it's somehow possible, and any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA

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RT

sneakyimp

I think you might be interested in the [man]readdir[/man] function. This code is an example from that page:

<?php
// Note that !== did not exist until 4.0.0-RC2

if ($handle = opendir('/path/to/files')) {
    echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
    echo "Files:\n";

/* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
    echo "$file\n";
}

/* This is the WRONG way to loop over the directory. */
while ($file = readdir($handle)) {
    echo "$file\n";
}

closedir($handle);
}
?>

it reads a directory and outputs all the files.