Drop down box directory values

[alanl1]

Hi Professionals

 

I have the following piece of code that shows the files in a directory.  What I want to to ias only show files of type .xls and xlsx

 

 

can this be done?

 

here is my code

 

<?php include("header.php"); ?>

<table width="100%" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="34%"> </td>
    <td width="20%"> </td>
    <td width="46%"> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="34%"> </td>
    <td width="20%">

 

<?php
echo "<form name=\"pickfile\" action=\"uploadedfile.php\">";

echo "<select name='yourfiles'>";

 

$dirpath = "C:/inetpub/wwwroot/tocleanse/";
$dh = opendir($dirpath);

 

while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh))) {
 

if (!is_dir("$dirpath/$file")) {
echo "<option value='$file'>" .  $file . '</option>';
}
}
closedir($dh);
 

echo "</select>";

?></td>
    <td width="46%"><?php echo "<button type=\"submit\" name=\"pickfile\">Upload File</button>\n";echo "</form>"; ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

[requinix]

Seeing as how your question is

can this be done?

Yes.

 

As for the question you implied, try either glob with new code to use it, or keeping your current code and making it check the extension of $file.

[alanl1]

i am pretty new to php what do you mean by checking the extensions of $file

 

 

thanks

 

alan

[requinix]

Well, I think a good first question would be "How much PHP do you know?" Because you'll have to write some code.

[alanl1]

not much at all

[requinix]

Then now's the time to start on it.

 

To get the file extension, pathinfo is one method you can use. substr is another (pay close attention to the explanation of the $start parameter). Try some examples to see how they work.

Edited May 23, 2013 by requinix