Also, you should validate the phone number (make sure it contains only numerical digits) before using it on the command line. I wouldn't trust the data to build a command line. -Roberto Rahul Sitaram Johari wrote: > ;) > > Point taken! > > <?php > exec("find /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi -type f name > ".$row['PHONE']."*.vox", $files); > foreach ($files as $value) { > echo basename($value)."<br>"; > } > ?> > > :) > > Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rahul Sitaram Johari > CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. > > W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com > E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² > > > On 3/29/07 4:58 PM, "Peter Lauri" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> DON'T commit suicide mate :) >> >> What if you one day move the path? ;) >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Rahul Sitaram Johari [mailto:sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:54 PM >>> To: Peter Lauri; PHP >>> Subject: Re: Show Filename using Wildcards >>> >>> Ave, >>> >>> This Works!! >>> >>> <?php >>> exec("find /Users/rjohari/Documents/XFER/espi -type f -name >>> ".$row['PHONE']."*.vox", $files); >>> foreach ($files as $value) { >>> echo substr($value,35)."<br>"; >>> } >>> ?> >>> >>> THANKS! >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Rahul Sitaram Johari >>> CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc. >>> >>> W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com >>> E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> ³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely² >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/29/07 4:31 PM, "Peter Lauri" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> [Peter Lauri - DWS Asia] >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Assuming you are on a linux you could try: >>>> >>>> exec("find /the/path/to/the/place/where/you/should/start/searching -type >>> f >>>> -name 515515515*.ext", $files); >>>> >>>> Then the $files will be an array with the found files matching the >>> search. >>>> Best regards, >>>> Peter Lauri >>>> >>>> www.dwsasia.com - company web site >>>> www.lauri.se - personal web site >>>> www.carbonfree.org.uk - become Carbon Free >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>>> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php