On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Kirk Bailey <kbailey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hello all, my name is Kirk Bailey, and I am new to php, so please be > forbearing. I code in python, and am trying to learn this language as our > new client runs a web business based in it. > > I need a routine that will return a list of every directory immediately > under the current directory- but nothing else, just a list of directories, 1 > level deep, NO FILES, no listing of current dir or prior dir either. > > Now in python, I would use os.walk, and use the list of dirs and throw the > other 2 lists away, but this ain't Kansas anymore. Does php even DO lists? > > Um, a list is a 1 dimenional array, if have a list ALIST and you plug in 3, > you get back the contents of cell 3 in the list, whaqtever that content is. > so if cell 3 in a 6 celled list was "Ruby" then ALIST[3] would return the > string "ruby". > > It's easy to iterate lists. For instance: > > print '<ul>' > for dir in ALIST: > print '<li><a href=\"/dir>",dir,'</a> > print '</ul> > > This would let me produce an ordered list of directories, each a link to > that directory. > This way, when a client installs a new product, the home page area listing > products offered automatically updates. > > Further embellishment would let me replace the dir name with a BRIEF > description from a descriptor file read from that dir. Now how to do this in > php? > > -- > end > > Very Truly yours, > - Kirk Bailey, > Largo Florida > > kniht +-----+ > | BOX | +-----+ think > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > To get you started: function get_directories($path) { $files_and_dirs = scandir($path); $dirs = array_filter($files_and_dirs, function($elem) { return is_dir($elem); }); // $dirs also contains "." and "..", but you can get rid of them quite easily return $dirs; } Happy coding :) Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
