Marco J.L wrote: > Hello, > > how can I change the lenght of an value in basuc it's called LEFT or RIGHT > and MID . I read the filenames but I want to strip the extension from the > filename. > > ======== SCRIPT ============== > <table style="font-family: tahoma,helvetica,arial; font-size: 12px; > font-weight: bold; color: #000000"> > <?php > $handle=opendir('news'); > while (false!==($file = readdir($handle))) { > if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { > echo "\n<TR><TD>$file\n"; > } > } > closedir($handle); > ?> > > </body> > </html> > =======RESULT ======== > 200503290000.txt > 200503300000.txt > 200503310000.txt > 200504010000.txt > > =======But I want this result : ====== > 200503290000 > 200503300000 > 200503310000 > 200504010000 > > =================== I'm not sure what your "Subject" line or the first part of your question has to do with the second part, but you should take a look at the substr() function <http://www.php.net/substr> and the pathinfo() function <http://www.php.net/pathinfo>. Combining those should give you what you're looking for. Ken -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php