PHP: List files in directory, exclude backups

kenneho · 12-29-2005, 07:46 AM

I'm writing a PHP script which is to (amongst others) iterate a directory and list the files contained within it. However, currently all files are listed, including backups (those ending with "~") and working files (starting and ending with "#"). Is there an easy way to exclude these files, or do I have to test for file endings when deciding to display the file or not?

Hko · 12-29-2005, 12:00 PM

The function fnmatch() helps:

PHP Code:



<?php

    $dir = '.';
    
    $dh = opendir($dir) or die("Cannot open dir $dir");
    while (($entry = readdir($dh))) {
        if (is_file($entry) && !fnmatch('*~', $entry) && !fnmatch('#*#', $entry)) {
                echo $entry ."<br />";
            }
    }
    closedir($dh);

?>

kenneho · 12-30-2005, 04:27 AM

Thanks, I'll go for that solution.