Basic PHP File Browser with download capability

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first of all, hello everybody, as you can see i'm new here so you gotta be extra nice to me! 

 

i'm not quite the php guru but i need the following thing for my next project: as the title says, i want to build my very own php file browser, which does a very basic listing of a predefined folder. below is my code this far:

 

if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            echo "$file<br />\n";
         
      }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}

 

what i want and don't know how to do is showing a nice little checkbox before every listed file and a download button to.. well, obviously download the chosen files.

 

i know this is kind of a noobish question, thanks in advance for any help or suggestions whatsoever!