[thelist] PHP directory listing function

[Burhan Khalid]

>Im trying to make a PHP script that grabs an array of all the filenames
>in a directory, strips the _ and .html and then creates links to these files...
>
>the last bits are fine its just how to actually grab the filenames in a dir
>when they are unknown that Im stuck with, any ideas??

Your in luck! I recently had to deal with a similar problem, and I sorted it out using the following script :

	 $handle=opendir($dirname);
	 while ($file = readdir($handle))
	 {
	 		if($file=='.'||$file=='..')
	 			continue;
	 		else
	 			$result_array[]=$file;
	 }
	 closedir($handle);

All the files in the directory will now be in $result_array, and you can then do a string replace to strip the _ and .html

Best regards.
Burhan Khalid
burhankhalid at members.evolt.org
2002-12-30