code generates "." and ".." before expected result

[blueman378]

hi guys well i have this code here,

// Retrieve Sections
$dirpath = "{$root}sections";
$sectionListIgnore = array ('');
$dh = opendir($dirpath);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)) && !in_array($file,$sectionListIgnore)) {
include("{$root}sections/{$file}");
}closedir($dh);

whick works like it should EXCEPT that it also generates two places which simply contain . and ..

so i end up getting this error

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'Thissite/sections/.' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\Documents and Settings\Matthew\My Documents\Web\index.php on line 23

Warning: include(Thissite/sections/..) [function.include]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\Documents and Settings\Matthew\My Documents\Web\index.php on line 23

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'Thissite/sections/..' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\Documents and Settings\Matthew\My Documents\Web\index.php on line 23

 

and then all the sections after that load fine, any ideas why it generates those .'s?

 

cheers matt

[Stooney]

Those are just 'root' and 'up one level' (correct me if I'm wrong, but it's at least something close to that).  They're normal, it doesn't mean there's a problem with your script, you just have to work around them. 

 

So just add something like:

 

<?php
    if($file!='.' && $file!='..'){
        include("{root}sections/{$file}");
    }
<?php

[blueman378]

thats what i thought so i thought ok lets do this:

$sectionListIgnore = array ('.','..');

but then nothing shows up at all?

any ideas on that

 

id rather use an array than a long if statement

[Stooney]

maybe try:

while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)) && !in_array(basename($file),$sectionListIgnore)) {

 

(I won't be able to reply till tomorrow)

[blueman378]

i have

while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)) && !in_array($file,$sectionListIgnore)) {

which works if for example i have a file called image and i have image in the array, but not with the dots

[blueman378]

got it,

	<?php 
// Retrieve modules
$modulepath = "{$root}modules";
$sectionListIgnore = array ('.','..','template.module');
$dh = opendir($modulepath);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh))) 
{
if(!in_array($file,$sectionListIgnore)){
        include("{$root}modules/{$file}");
    }
}
closedir($dh); 
?>

because it was using while

it meant that as soon as it got to a item in the array the while was then maked false so it stopped, it jsut so happend that . would come first so nothing would be outputted,

 

so this works perfect