Re: Seeking recommendations for use of include()

At 7:22 PM +0900 6/13/06, Dave M G wrote: >PHP List, > >Up until now, in order to get all the functions and classes I need in my scripts, I have always >made a file called "includes.php" that contains a series of include() statements for all >of the files that I want to include. Then I just include that one file at the top of all my PHP >scripts. > >This system works okay, but I thought it would be better to have a consistent naming standard, >and use some kind wild card or loop to include all the files I want. That way I can change, add, and >remove files a little easier. > >All the files I want to include end with either ".class", or with >"_fns.php". ("fns" stands for "functions".) > >It seems that wildcard characters are not supported in the include() function. Some experiments >and a search on the web seem to confirm this. > >So then I thought what I need to do is use the readdir() function somehow, and make an array of >all files ending in ".class" or "_fns.php", and then make a while or foreach >loop to include every required file. > >I couldn't quite figure out how to do that, but in any case I wondered if running this loop >at the start of every single PHP script might be unnecessary overhead. After all, the list of >included files will only change when I work on the system. It's not going to vary at all based >on any kind of user input or in standard usage of my web site. > >What would be the recommended way of including files that will change as I work on the system? >Do most people create a function to detect the included files, or do most people make a static list >that they edit by hand? > >-- >Dave M G Dave: I group my includes per functionality, such as all dB operations (config, open, close, etc.) go into a db include folder (db_inc) and so on. I don't make large files, but rather small files limited to a specific operations. That works for me -- but, only you can figure out what works for you. As for your code, try this: <?php $file_path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; // or whatever directory you want $the_dir = opendir($file_path); while ($file = readdir($the_dir)) { if(eregi("(\.pdf|\.html|\.htm|\.php|\.txt)$", $file)) // check the files extension: { $html[] = $file; } } closedir($the_dir); if($html == null) { die("No files in this directory!"); } sort($html); foreach($html as $html => $value) { echo ("<br/> $value"); } ?> hth's tedd -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com