Re: Finding a File

On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:46:04 -0700, Mark wrote: >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]+","",$filename); oops make that: ereg_replace("[0-9].*","",$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 > > > -- Mark, maggelet@mminternet.com on 09/21/2001