Php Search And Display Results

[BenardZMEDIA]

i have this sample script i would like to add to my existing php page to search a directory and display the results with a download link. here is the script any ideas where am going wrong?

 

 

<?php
$dir = 'my_directory';
$exclude = array('.','..','.htaccess');
$q = (isset($_GET['q']))? strtolower($_GET['q']) : '';
$res = opendir($dir);
while(false!== ($file = readdir($res))) {
if(strpos(strtolower($file),$q)!== false &&!in_array($file,$exclude)) {
echo "<a href='$dir/$file'>$file</a>";
echo "<br>";
}
}
closedir($res);
?>
<form action="my_phpfile" method="get"><input name="q"
type="text"> <input type="submit"></form>

Edited November 22, 2012 by BenardZMEDIA

[DavidAM]

...any ideas where am going wrong?

 

By not telling us what is does that it should not do; or what it does not do that it should do.

[BenardZMEDIA]

this piece of code is searching for a file name the user has keyed in and display it as a link to download.

[DavidAM]

Actually, it is searching for all files whose name contains the character sequence typed by the user. It could be a single character, or a file extension, or any part of the filename. It lists each file found as a link.

 

The fact that you posted here indicates you are having some kind of problem with the script. However, you have not stated what the problem is. If you tell us what it does that it should NOT do, or what it does NOT do that it SHOULD do; we may be able to provide some help.

[Christian F.]

BenardZMEDIA: I recommend that you read this article.