Re: creating a text file

On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 09:52, Tyler Durdin wrote: > Is there a way to make php create a text file that lists contents of a > directory? This is what I use from shell: > csh -c "ls *jpg > list.photos" > > I have a photo gallery that reads the images in a directory from a text > file. I would like to eliminate the manual creation of that file. If there's > a better way to do it, maybe firing it into a db instead of a textfile or > having php read the contents of the directory without creating a text file, > please let me know. I appreciate the help. > If all you want is a text file that lists the contents of a directory, then this should do it (untested) : function dirListing ($dirname, $filename) { $handle=opendir($dirname); if (!$handle) { return false; } if (! ($fp = fopen($filename, "w") ) ) { return false; } while ($file = readdir($handle)) { if($file=='.'||$file=='..') continue; else fputs($fp,$file."\n"); } closedir($handle); fclose($fp); return true; } -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com Please add a reply-to: header in your messages that points to the mailing list address so that all mail is properly archived and viewed.