Re: Finding a File

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:48:13 -0500, Joseph Koenig wrote: >Well - I just spoke with the client and apparently only one directory >was going to create that problem so they're just going to rename the >directory. I guess I should have tried that solution first. However, >is >there a way to read the string up to the point where the numbers >start? >For example, pull "AS" out of "ASxxxxx" and "MAS" out of >"MASxxxxx"? >I >looked through the string functions and didn't really see anything to >promising. Something like is_letter() would be cool :) Thanks, ereg_replace("[0-9]+","",$filename); >Joe > >Joseph Koenig wrote: >> >> Hello everyone -- I'm just a little bit stumped on this. I've got >>some >> files that are available for user download, however, the files are >>in >> different directories. The file names are based on the item number >>which >> is available. For example, item number "AS1000-01" is in directory >>"AS" >> and is named "AS1000-01.xxx" -- All files will have the same >>extension. >> That's no problem. Where I'm confused is not all of the >>directories are >> 2 letter names. For example, file "BSEB10-010" is in the "BSE" >> directory. Some directories are 4 characters long -- all except the >> BSEB**-*** files match their directory names until the file name >> contains a number (ASxxxx is in "AS", MASxxxx is in "MAS", etc). I >>need >> this script to be as dynamic as possible. I don't want to set up >>arrays >> of directory names or anything. Can I run through the string of >>item >> numbers until I hit a numeric character, and then check that >>substring >> to see if it's a directory? If it doesn't match exactly is there a >>way >> to search for that file in directories that almost match? Any >>ideas? Thanks, >> >> Joe >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list- >>admin@lists.php.net > -- Mark, maggelet@mminternet.com on 09/21/2001