On Tue, August 15, 2006 5:56 pm, John Meyer wrote:
> 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
Do you really mean opendir() or do you mean readdir() ???
What value are you getting for $dirhandle?
echo it out and see what it is.
You also have != in one, and !== in the other. Those aren't the same.
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