List contents

[vantheman]

Hi,

What's the best way to list the contents of multiple subdirectory in one list?

For example:

On the site, there's a "secure" folder which contains several subfolders (week_of_1-22-09, week_of_1-29-09, etc.). Each folder contains mp3 files.

a.) I would like to populate a list, on the "home" page (which is not inside the 'secure' folder), that will show the Artist, Title, Genre & which folder it resides in.

b.) Secondly, I would also like to be able to search by (artist, title, etc.).

c.) The items on this list are for vewing ONLY (not clickable).

 

Thanks in advance

[ignace]

1) and 2) can't help you with 3rd

 

<?php
function scandir_r($directory) {
    $scanned_files = array();
    $files = scandir($directory);
    foreach ($files as $file) {
        if (is_dir($file)) {
            $scanned_files[] = scandir_r($file);
        } else {
            $scanned_files[] = $file;
        }
    }
    return $scanned_files;
}

function search_r($filename, $directory) {
    $result = array();
    $files = scandir_r($directory);
    foreach ($files as $file) {
        if (is_array($file)) {
            $result[] = search_r($filename, $file);
        } else if (strpos($file, $filename) !== false) {
            $result[] = $file;
        }
    }
    return $result;
}
?>

[vantheman]

I know it has been a few weeks since the reply was posted to my post. My appologies.

 

When I test this script, it comes up as a blank page. Could it be that no particular directory is specified? If so, where/how do I specify the desired folder/subfolders to return?

 

Thanks

[wildteen88]

All what ignace's code does is define two functions, scanddir_r and search_r.

 

By looks of it you need to call search_r in order for the code to work. This function requires you to pass a filename and directory to search.

[vantheman]

Thanks for your response WT88,

 

Can you give me an example of what I need to do at this point? I am a complete novice.

 

Thanks

[ignace]

<?php $found_files = search_r("somefile.ext", "/path/to/some/directory"); ?>

 

Please note that i didn't check the code when i wrote it