Re: dir command

On 16 Aug, Shane McBride wrote: > Here is a code snippet that I got from the php manual (php.net). > > I am confused about the "read" part of the command, mainly the "->" > part. > > What does this mean? > What is the handle? Is it necessary? > > I want to list only *.html files. How can I do that? > What arguments go in the () in the read? > > As you can see I am a newbie. I did do a search, but I couldn't find any > more specifics. > > <? > $d = dir("."); > echo "Handle: ".$d->handle."<br>\n"; > echo "Path: ".$d->path."<br>\n"; > while($entry=$d->read()) { > echo $entry."<br>\n"; > } > $d->close(); > ?> If you are a bit of a newcomer to programming, you might try the 'old' approach, rather than the class approach. Try the example using opendir() and readdir(). The second example in readdir() shows how to ignore the . and .. directory entries; you can extend that to check for filenames that have the .html extension. Alternatively, you can exclude any directory entries by testing the value returned with is_file() or is_dir (found in the filesystem functions). 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