convert python to php . . ?

[2tonejoe]

i can't get python to run with apache and need this to work badly. .

 

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os

a = "32496"
b = a[2:5]

dirlist = os.listdir("/repo/files/names/ids/" + b + "/")
found = 0

for i in dirlist:
    if "32496" in i:
        os.system("cp -Rf /repo/files/names/ids/496/32496* /new/folder/process-these/")
        found = found + 1
    else:
        pass

if found != 0:
    echo "I found and copied: " + str(found) + " records."
else:
    echo "I didn't find that one. Sorry"

[kenrbnsn]

For those of us who don't know Python, can you explain what this code snippet is supposed to do? Then we can help you.

 

Ken

[JD*]

Looks like it's trying to find a file called "32496" in /repo/files/names/ids/496

 

What type of system are you running on? Windows or Linux?

[Maq]

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[2tonejoe]

i am running linux.

 

the code takes the name of a file with no extension and reads the last 3 digits of the input and looks for files named like it in a directory structure. If it finds them it copies them to a different folder.

 

for instance . . .

• a web form POSTs a user input of "1234567"
  
• the scripts looks for any file starting off with the name "1234567" inside of "/repo/files/names/ids/567/"
  
• for every file inside the folder that starts with "1234567" it copies to "/new/folder/process-these/" using a simple linux copy tool and an asterisk *
  

 

does that help at all?

[kenrbnsn]

This should do what the Pyhon script did:

<?php
$a = '32496';
$b = substr($a,-3,3);
$i = 0;
foreach (glob('/repo/files/names/ids/' . $b . '/' . $a . '*') as $file) {
      copy($file,'/new/folder/process-these/' . basename($file));
      $i++;
}
if ($i > 0)
    echo "I found and copied: " + $i + " records.<br>";
else
    echo "I didn't find that one. Sorry";
?>

 

Note: untested

 

Ken