Re: Show Filename using Wildcards

Peter, Believe it or not, but this is actually working. I'm on a Mac OS X, which is linux underneath, so I was hopeful about the command you provided. I ran this code: exec("find /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi/ -type f -name 3333333333*.vox", $files); foreach ($files as $value) { echo "$value<br>"; } And it listed all the files that began with that provided phone number. The only problem is, It¹s printing out the path with it too. So what¹s is giving me is: /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi/33333333331123.vox /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi/33333333334567.vox So I have to accomplish two things: 1. I have to eliminate the filepath from the result 2. I need to specify the variable that holds the phone number, (like $row[ŒPHONE¹]) instead of the actual phone number in the ³exec² command. Thanks!! Much Appreciated! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rahul Sitaram Johari CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com E: sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² On 3/29/07 4:31 PM, "Peter Lauri" <lists@dwsasia.com> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rahul Sitaram Johari [mailto:sleepwalker@rahulsjohari.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:12 PM >> To: PHP >> Subject: [PHP] Show Filename using Wildcards >> >> Ave, >> >> I have a script where I have to provide a Download Link to a file >> associated >> with a record. The common thing between the record & filename is the phone >> number. But the filenames have dates & other symbols besides the phone >> number as well. They all do begin with a phone number though. >> >> How can I match a filename with a record using wildcards? >> For example, let¹s say someone pulls up a record for phone field: >> 515515515 >> The files associated with this record could be 515515515031307 or >> 5155155150325T(2). >> >> So you can see the filenames do begin the phone number in the record, but >> they contain additional chars. What I need is something that can pull up >> all >> 515515515*.ext >> >> Can I do this in PHP? >> >> Thanks! >> > > [Peter Lauri - DWS Asia] > > Hi, > > Assuming you are on a linux you could try: > > exec("find /the/path/to/the/place/where/you/should/start/searching -type f > -name 515515515*.ext", $files); > > Then the $files will be an array with the found files matching the search.. > > Best regards, > Peter Lauri > > www.dwsasia.com - company web site > www.lauri.se - personal web site > www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >