RE: [PHP-WIN] problem to open dir

Try changing your $dir variable to: $dir="C:\\Documents and Settings\\pravin\\Desktop\\abcd2"; Failing that, try using the Documents and Settings shortname: $dir="C:\Docume~1\pravin\Desktop\abcd2"; Or: $dir="C:\\Docume~1\\pravin\\Desktop\\abcd2"; If none of these work, perhaps also try them and replace the double quotes that enclose the string to single quotes. I ran into a lot of issues myself when trying to access the windows filesystem through PHP when using just single backslashes in my path variables because, as Mike noted, the \ is typically used to escape characters. In that case when PHP parses your $dir variable, it could be stripping out the \ thinking they are escaping the next characters. As soon as I used the double backslashes in my $dir variables on my own pages, everything worked fine. Mind you, I then got annoyed with some other Windows related issues so blew away my development box and put Linux on it instead :-) But I digress... Cheers. Armando -----Original Message----- From: Mike [mailto:php@crazyted.com] Sent: November 29, 2004 11:06 PM To: 'Pravin-Kumar'; php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] problem to open dir When you set the $dir variable, try doing so with single quotes - the \ character is used to escape things and might be causing some problems. If that makes no sense, it's because I'm falling asleep. Good luck. -M > -----Original Message----- > From: Pravin-Kumar [mailto:pravin@ncb.ernet.in] > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:37 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] problem to open dir > > hi all > i am getting some unexpected error while try to read a local dir.. it > is working on the pc where apache is running ..but same code not > working while trying from other pcs in lan.. here is code.. > $dir="C:\Documents and Settings\pravin\Desktop\abcd2"; if > (is_dir($dir)) { > if ($dh = opendir($dir)) { > while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) { > echo "filename: $file : filetype: " . filetype($dir > . $file) ."\n"; > } > closedir($dh); > } > } > > $dir = dir($source); > > > giving error: > Warning: dir(C:\Documents and Settings\pravin\Desktop\cdac2): > failed to open dir: Invalid argument in > G:\Vyapar\AdvMgmt\addadvt3.php on line > 69 > > Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in > G:\Vyapar\AdvMgmt\addadvt3.php on line 70 > > > > > --------- > Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. > --------- > Regards > Pravin Kumar > Technical Associate, CDAC, 68, E-City, Bangalore, 560100. Registered > Linux user #365056; Ph. +91 80 28523300 Extn:2103 > http://geocities.com/pravin_suman/ > http://pravindeo.blogspot.com > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php