[OreoCookie]

I just want to automate certain steps in creating my webpage, so I wanted to learn php in the process (I could do it with the command line).

So I whipped up a simple

Code:
<?php
        $curr_dir=opendir('./events');

        while ($file=readdir($curr_dir)) {
                if($file != "." && $file != "..")
                        if(is_dir($file))
                                echo("$file ");
        }       
        
        closedir($curr_dir); 
?>

But it doesn't give me anything in a directory which is full of subdirectories. The only thing it would list are . and .. which I explicitly excluded for obvious reasons. When I choose another directory, the directory it contains (only one) is listed properly. What's wrong? Sorry for such a newbie question … or is this really a bug?

[OreoCookie]

I came a bit closer to the solution. If I copy the script in the `events' folder and modify the script to opendir('.') everything works as expected.

What am I missing here?

Oh, and is_file as well as a simple directory contents list works as expected in both cases.

[wataru]

I've hit this is_dir bug too. PHP in Tiger seems to think everything is not a directory. I don't know what's going on.

Edit: Nevermind, I was passing bad paths to it. I think it's working right for me now.

[ppmax]

Not really sure what you are trying to do...but this works:

<?PHP
$maindir=".";
$mydir=opendir($maindir);
$exclude_array=array(".","..",".DS_Store");
while (false !== ($fn=readdir($mydir))) {
if ($fn==$exclude_array[0] || $fn==$exclude_array[1] || $fn==$exclude_array[2]) continue;
$fn2=substr("$fn",0);
echo "<br><a href='".rawurlencode ($fn)."'>$fn2</a>";
}
closedir ($mydir);
?>

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by ppmax

Not really sure what you are trying to do...but this works:

<?PHP
$maindir=".";
$mydir=opendir($maindir);
$exclude_array=array(".","..",".DS_Store");
while (false !== ($fn=readdir($mydir))) {
if ($fn==$exclude_array[0] || $fn==$exclude_array[1] || $fn==$exclude_array[2]) continue;
$fn2=substr("$fn",0);
echo "<br><a href='".rawurlencode ($fn)."'>$fn2</a>";
}
closedir ($mydir);
?>

My provider doesn't support php, but because my website is very complex already, I want to automate as much as I can. Keeping the menus in sync in particular is a bitch. So I want to write a script that lists all directories and reads a description file from each one. The it puts it all together to make the necessary menu files.

[wataru]

How are you going to do that without PHP?

[OreoCookie]

With a shell script for instance. But it's a lot slower and less comfortable to work with.

[wataru]

You mean just locally? That's easy with bash.

Code:
MYDIR=$HOME/Sites/blah
for ITEM in $(ls $MYDIR); do
if [[ -d $ITEM ]]; then
cat $MYDIR/$ITEM/properties.html
# or, if you want the file to contain variables like NAME="My Page"
# . $MYDIR/$ITEM/properties.sh
# then deal with your variables
fi
done

[leperkuhn]

try the following:

if( is_dir( "events/" . $file))

[OreoCookie]

I know how to do with with a shell script, I just wanted to learn something new, php

[wataru]

PHP is much uglier for reading directories. You have to open the directory and set it to a handle, then loop through the directory to get the names of each item. Here's an example:

Code:
if($dir = opendir($path)) {
				while (($entry = readdir($dir)) != false) {
					// do stuff
				}
			} else {
				return "Error:  Couldn't open directory";
			}

If there's an easier way I'd love to hear it.

Of course if this is strictly local stuff there's no practical reason to do it in PHP.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by wataru

PHP is much uglier for reading directories. You have to open the directory and set it to a handle, then loop through the directory to get the names of each item. Here's an example:

Code:
if($dir = opendir($path)) {
				while (($entry = readdir($dir)) != false) {
					// do stuff
				}
			} else {
				return "Error:  Couldn't open directory";
			}

If there's an easier way I'd love to hear it.

Of course if this is strictly local stuff there's no practical reason to do it in PHP.

I'll try that tonight or tomorrow. There's a good reason to do it: it's fun to learn new things. And also, one day, my web host will support it and then things are good again.

[wataru]

I said "practical."