Alpha list of files with Numeric drop down to select and display

[schnarkle]

Need some help getting started.  I play guitar at church and would like to be able to select a song order from a list of .pdf files, hit submit and have the songs display in correct order while I page down from one song to the next.

 

 

I'm fairly new to php but not afraid to dig in myself, I would like to be pointed in the right direction if possible.

 

I photoshopped the above to make it easier to see what I'm getting at...

 

I would like to be able to just drop new pdfs in the folder and have them listed out on the fly if possible.

 

Would this be fairly simple to do?  Would I need a msql db?

 

thanks for any ideas.

 

 

[Zhadus]

A MySQL database or a flat text file will be required. You can use PHP to automatically read a directory and list the songs, but if you want them in a specific order (What I can tell from your picture) you'll need to do the following:

 

Put the files in the "song" folder and have your page read all the files using PHP. Then save the files in that order in the database or in a text file.

 

Then on the page, modify it using HTML forms and saving the changes to the text file.

 

Each time you visit the page, it should check that folder and see if there is anything new or missing.

If missing, remove from list, and if new, add at the end of the list.

 

There is the basic process if you're willing to learn more PHP to accomplish it.