how to show only the first file from directory

[alko123]

Hi. how can i extract only the first file from a directory?

[ToonMariner]

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php

 

look at example 499 and 500. all you need to do is break out of the loop once you hit your file.

[alko123]

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php

 

look at example 499 and 500. all you need to do is break out of the loop once you hit your file.

 

 

but the file names will be every time different.

[ToonMariner]

look - there is the code to go through a directory - the second example shows youhow to ignore . and ..

 

the rest is up to you - you find the first file and do your stuff with it then exit the loop.

 

how hard can that be?

 

I don't know what your file names are and (I may be guessing here but) files in a file system tend to have different names and paths - the beauty if using those examples and modifying them for your needs is that you might learn something from itthat will help you in thr future.