Check if directory is empty / read files from directory

[Omzy]

Just having a little trouble creating the code to check if a directory is empty, if not then get the list of files in that directory excluding hidden/system files. Anyone able to advise?

[Omzy]

Anyone able to help?

[trq]

$contents = glob('/directory/*');
if ($contents) {
  foreach ($contents as $file) {
    echo $file . "\n";
  }
}

[Omzy]

Cheers thorpe, that's perfect. Just one slight issue in that it returns true if there are hidden files in the folder. How can I exclude hidden files?

[trq]

It shouldn't.

 

What exactly do you mean by hidden files? Your not using windows are you?

[Omzy]

lol yes i'm developing this site on apache localhost on windows. i take it'll work just fine on linux server.

[trq]

Yeah, windows hidden files work differently and aren't recognized as being hidden simply by name. I'm not sure how you would do it on windows to be honest. stat might help you out, though you will need check each file within the loop.

[Omzy]

OK cool. How about if I limit it to check for certain extensions? The only ones I need to check for are .doc, .docx and .pdf

[calmchess]

i have bat file that does what you want all you have to do is call it via exec command yo ntrested?

 

[Omzy]

Bump for thorpe

[mikesta707]

you can use the GLOB_BRACE flag to specify that you want to use the brace syntax in the glob pattern. you can use that to specify different extensions. for example

$glob = glob("director/*.{pdf,doc,docx}", GLOB_BRACE);

 

check out the manual entry for more information