Re: why doesn't this work ?

It's already been mentioned, but you do need to ensure you are using a .php extension on the file. Also, forgive me if this has already been covered, but are you sure the server even supports PHP? Try creating a new file with: <?php phpinfo(); ?> And save it as something.php, check and see if it returns a table full of information or not. Andy Pooya Eslami wrote:

I put this in the body of an html file: <?php if ($handle = opendir('.')) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {

       if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && eregi('\.html$', $file)) {
           echo "<li><a href=\"$file\"><font color=\"#CC0000\">$file</

font></a></li><br>";

       }

} closedir($handle); } echo "</ul>"; ?> the output page contains : $file "; } } closedir($handle); } echo " "; ?> I don't understand why. "Daniel Clark" <dclark@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:20040417232405.422396DB66@smtp3.pacifier.net...

Can you post the code and error.

I took out the scrip tags and put in <?php in the beginning and ?> at

the

end, but it returns this: $file "; } } closedir($handle); } echo " "; ?>