Re: readdir

On 9 Aug, Chris wrote: > > Here is part of the ls -al on the directory. I thought perhaps the naming > conventions with "-", and "+" may be throwing it off but I have tried on > several directories with basic naming conventions. I have changed the > ownership from root to nobody to normal users and even set the directory > and files 777. > > I did upgrade Apache at the same time so I am wondering if an httpd.conf > directive could cause such problems. I have picked through it and see no > problems. > > rwxr-xr-x 2 webmastr users 4096 Aug 9 12:47 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 7 webmastr users 1024 Aug 9 12:59 ../ > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 74653 Nov 21 1999 3Dfx-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 105257 Oct 25 1999 AI-Alife-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 140723 Nov 3 1997 AX25-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 64589 Mar 30 1997 Access-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 22533 Sep 2 1997 Alpha-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 70845 Sep 18 1999 Assembly-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 60688 Nov 21 1999 Bash-Prompt-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 42434 Sep 12 1999 Belgian-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 43468 Nov 21 1999 Benchmarking-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 50910 Nov 21 1999 Beowulf-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 93578 Nov 21 1999 BootPrompt-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 99919 Oct 28 1999 Bootdisk-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 22902 Nov 21 1999 Busmouse-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 62928 Sep 28 1999 CD-Writing-HOWTO > -rw-r--r-- 1 webmastr users 71434 Nov 21 1999 CDROM-HOWTO > > > Two scripts; > > <?php > $blah = "Print Something"; > $dir = opendir('.'); > echo "$blah"; > while($file = readdir($dir)) { > echo "$blah\n"; > > echo "$file\n"; > } > closedir($dir); > ?> > > > Only returns "Print Something" once > > > > > <?php > $handle=opendir('.'); > echo "Directory handle: $handle\n"; > echo "Files:\n"; > while (($file = readdir($handle))!==false) { > echo "$file\n"; > } > closedir($handle); > ?> > > Returns "Directory handle: Resource id #1 Files: " > > > Thanks again for your help. > > Chris What happens if you specify a full path to the directory you want to read? You can't be sure where '.' is, can you? Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA