Re: touch()ing it....advise needed.

Hey Tedd, John and Ed, Will look into what you wrote, am testing some stuff and comparing speeds and performance right now. Ed, the mod/access is used for other stuff like "expiring files" so I dont think I will be able to go with your idea. I appreciate all your input.Thanks! -Ryan --- tedd <tedd@sperling.com> wrote: > At 5:48 AM -0700 5/13/06, Ryan A wrote: > >Hey, > >Heres my setup, I have a directory full of files > and I > >get a request with an array of filenames > >For this example: > >a.txt > >b.txt > >c.txt > > > >if the above files dont already exist I need to > create > >them (I am using touch() instead of fopen()) > > > >My question is which would you recommend, doing a > >readdir() and getting all the existing filenames in > an > >array then doing a loop to see which exists and > create > >the others OR > > > >just taking the new filenames, doing a while/for > loop > >with a files_exists() on each and then creating the > >files.... > > > >I am favouring the second approach as in the first > >approach there are a lot of files the array could > be > >pretty big which would cause other problems, but I > >would rather be corrected now if my thinking is > >flawed. > > > >Your advise appreciated. > > > >Thanks! > >Ryan > > Ryan: > > Try this, it worked for me: > > http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4341.html > > Just put the name of the file into the > $stringSearch. > > hth's > > tedd > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://sperling.com > ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=bXVzaWNndTc%3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com