Richard Lynch wrote:
> On Tue, August 15, 2006 12:04 pm, John Meyer wrote:
>> I have a script to list the files in a directory:
>>
>> <select name="letters">
>> <?php
>> $open = opendir(".");
>> while ($file = readdir($open) != false) {
>> ?>
>> <option value="<?=$file?>"><?=$file?></option>
>> <?php
>> }
>> ?>
>> </select>
>> </form>
>>
>> And all I am getting are "1"s. I think I'm doing it right, what is
>> the
>> disconnect?
>
> It's not a readdir question. It's an Order of Operations question.
> :-)
>
> $file = readdir($open) != false
>
> You probably believe that PHP is going to magically "know" that you
> want this bit:
> readdir($open) != false
> to be done "first"
>
No, and I fixed that. What I'm wondering about is why this
false !== ($dirhandle = opendir('letters'))
works, but this
($dirhandle = opendir('letters')) != false
does not
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