Weird Directory/PHP problem

compsci13 · 06-27-2007, 04:25 AM

Hello all,

Objective: Is to go through a directory

PHP Code:



$dir = '/home/public_html';

, Retrieve names of existing directories only and put them in an array and sort them. The following php script works for the main directory - my main domain (http://www.flatstorentlive.co.uk) because the script is shown at the bottom and returns the correct values "Fulham" and "Notting Hill". But when i use the same script for the subdomains which each have their own index page i get nothing! Even though the variable $dir is set and it cant change! The other pages are (http://fulham.flatstorentlive.co.uk) and (http://nottinghill.flatstorentlive.co.uk)

Here is the script:

PHP Code:



<?php 
$dir = '/home/public_html'; 
$dh  = opendir($dir); 
while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { 
if(is_dir($filename)){ 
    $files[] = $filename; 
    } 
} 
sort($files); 
for($i=0; $i<sizeof($files); $i++){ 
if(($files[$i]!="cgi-bin") and ($files[$i]!=".") and ($files[$i]!="..") and ($files[$i]!="suspended.page")){ 
?> 
<a style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" href="http://<?php echo $files[$i] ?>.flatstorentlive.co.uk"> 
<?php echo strtoupper(str_replace('-',' ',$files[$i])); ?></a>&nbsp; 
<?php } } closedir($dh);?>

Thanks for any help!

compsci13 · 06-27-2007, 04:28 AM

Just to add to this. The index pages are actually only differen because of the meata tags. This script above is used like this in the index pages:

PHP Code:



<?php require("/home/public_html/footer.php") ?>

Guttorm · 06-27-2007, 04:41 AM

Hi

"readdir" returns the name of what it finds inside the directory without the directory name first. So your script only works if current directory is /home/public_html. To fix:

PHP Code:



while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) {
  $filename = $dir.'/'.$filename;
  if(is_dir($filename)){
    $files[] = $filename;
  }
}

Edit:
Another option is to just put a "chdir($dir)" before the opendir. I see that later in your script, you assume the filenames don't have a directory prefix.

compsci13 · 06-27-2007, 04:49 AM

Thanks Guttorm! It sort of works but another problem has arisen! The changes i made that you suggested i came up with these results:

/HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/. /HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/.. /HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/CGI BIN /HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/FULHAM /HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/NOTTING HILL /HOME/FLATSTOR/PUBLIC_HTML/SUSPENDED.PAGE

WHICH IS EXCELLENT, but...

I am new to php, so how do i strip away the path, to be left with just the the final directories as names like this:

Fulham
Notting Hill
CGI Bin....etc

Thanks for more help!

Guttorm · 06-27-2007, 05:03 AM

Hi again

To only get the filename part:
$filename = BaseName($filename);

compsci13 · 06-27-2007, 05:21 AM

Hello Guttorm, sorry to bother you again but it doesn't seem to work!!! Not the basename but the script! It was working a minute a go with your suggestion but now it doesn't here is all the changes i made:

PHP Code:



<?php
$dir = '/home/flatstor/public_html';
$dh  = opendir($dir);
while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) {
$filename = $dir.'/'.$filename;
$filename = basename($filename);
if(is_dir($filename)){
    $files[] = $filename;
    }
}
sort($files);
for($i=0; $i<sizeof($files); $i++){
if(($files[$i]!="cgi-bin") and ($files[$i]!=".") and ($files[$i]!="..") and ($files[$i]!="suspended.page")){
?>
<a style="font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" href="http://<?php echo $files[$i] ?>.flatstorentlive.co.uk">
<?php echo strtoupper(str_replace('-',' ',$files[$i])); ?></a>&nbsp;
<?php } } closedir($dh);?>

I have changed the use though i call it like this now:

PHP Code:



<?php require_once("/home/flatstor/public_html/subdomain.php") ?>

As before it only works for the main domain but not the subdomain.

Thanks for anymore help!

compsci13 · 06-27-2007, 05:23 AM

No wait! I put the code you gave me in the wrong place, i put after the if statement now and it works!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH Guttorm!!!