recursive file rename/ content find and replace

[blueman378]

hi guys,

im wondering is it possible to create a function that searces all directorys and looks for files with a filename containing a certian string

eg abcvan.bot

abccar.bot

abcboat.bot

 

search for all files that have abc in the filename and rename them to

van.bot

car.bot

boat.bot

 

then open all files (all are types notpad can read so thats no problem)

and search for abc and replace/ delete it?

 

is this possible? and can someone give me some hints?

 

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

 

that code sample is what i use to read the files out of ONE directory but i would need it to go through and do all of them

 

and then i would need the code to acctually rename them,

for the searching im guessiong you would use fopen to open the file, load the contents into a variabel, and then run them through a preg_replace  and then fwrite it back into the file but im not sure how to put this together

 

am i on the right track? and could someone give me some hints?

 

cheers matt

[blueman378]

something like

 

<?php 
// Retrieve modules
$modulepath = "CODE TO RECURSIVELY OPEN FOLDERS HERE";
$sectionListIgnore = array ('.','..','template.module');
$dh = opendir($modulepath);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh))) 
{
if(!in_array($file,$sectionListIgnore)){
      
$fh = fopen($file, 'r+');
$contents = fread($fh, filesize($file));
$new_contents = str_replace("abc", "", $contents);
fclose($fh);

// Open file to write
$fh = fopen($file, 'r+');
fwrite($fh, $new_contents);
fclose($fh);


    }
}
closedir($dh); 
?>

 

would that work for opening/reading/writing?

[discomatt]

Your example script confuses me. do you want to rename everything inside the file, or the files themselves?

[blueman378]

hi there, i want to do both,

well i now have a worknig script to

open the files and replace the string in the files if it exists

<?php 
// Retrieve modules
$modulepath = ".";
$sectionListIgnore = array ('.','..','do.php');
$dh = opendir($modulepath);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh))) 
{
if(!in_array($file,$sectionListIgnore)){
      
$fh = fopen($file, 'r+');
$contents = fread($fh, filesize($file));
$new_contents = str_replace("abc", "", $contents);
fclose($fh);

// Open file to write
$fh = fopen($file, 'w+');
fwrite($fh, $new_contents);
fclose($fh);
echo $file;
echo "<br>";

    }
}
closedir($dh); 
?>

 

i need to change one thing though, it needs to check all files in the directory it is in and all above the one it is currenlty in at the moment it is set to only open the folder it is in,

 

so i need those changes,

now i need a script to rename the files themselves

 

any ideas, hope this made it simpiler

 

cheers matt