Re: create dynamic pulldown menu?
| From: | Jason Wong | Date: | Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:02:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: create dynamic pulldown menu? | ||
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On Thursday 07 February 2002 11:58, John P. Donaldson wrote:
> I am trying to create a pulldown menu based on the
> contents of a directory. Is there any way for PHP to
> read a directory and create the menu based on the
> files in that directory. It should create this menu
> dynamically each time the page is viewed, so if a file
> is deleted from that directory, it doesn't show up in
> the pulldown menu, if one is added, it shows up. So
> if the directory has two files in it, 1-2-2002.txt and
> 3-5-2002.txt, it will add these entries to the
> <select> menu:
>
> <option value="1-2-2002.txt">1-2-2002</option>
> <option value="3-5-2002.txt">3-5-2002</option>
Have a look at the chapter on "Filesystem Functions".
--
Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
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