Re: readdir() question

From: Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:02:08 +0000
Subject: Re: readdir() question
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On 15/08/06, John Meyer <john.l.meyer@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a script to list the files in a directory: <select name="letters"> <?php
       $open = opendir(".");
       while ($file = readdir($open) != false) {
?>
       <option value="<?=$file?>"><?=$file?></option>
<?php
       }
?> </select> </form> And all I am getting are "1"s. I think I'm doing it right, what is the disconnect? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Straight from the PHP readdir help... http://uk2.php.net/readdir
<?php if ($handle = opendir('.')) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
      if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
          echo "$file\n";
      }
} closedir($handle); } ?> It does however strip out '.' or '..' but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. HTH

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