Directory to array to select box...

Ok here is my problem, for one I am new to php and would like a new pair of eyes for this piece of code, and second what I would like to accomplish is putting the contents of a directory into an array and then pulling the contents of that array into a select box for further processing... If someone could give me some more information on GetDirArray() or a different way to accomplish this problem that would be great... this is where I am thus far. <?php $i=0; // counter $files = array(); // array to store directory content // open directory $dir = opendir("/home/web/b/bignickel.net/htdocs/"); // loop through directory and put filenames into an array while ($file = readdir($dir)) { $files[$i] = $file; $i++; } // pull $file (directory array into select box) $file_count .="<OPTION VALUE=\"$file\">$file</OPTION>"; $form = "<p><FORM METHOD=\"post\" ACTION=\"blank.php3\"> <SELECT NAME=\"files\">$file_count</SELECT> <INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"select\"> </FORM></p>"; // close directory closedir($dir); ?> Then of course I just use an echo to display the select box but so far I have not been able to have it actually work so any help would be great.. Thanks in advance, jas