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[pghcollectibles]

is there a way to list all the file names in a folder using script. i had an idea for using ftp for my brother to upload pictures but then i wanted to add their file name info into a database to display them in a table using a query

[sirbrent]

you could install autoindex, and just rename the access file to something other than index.php.

http://autoindex.sourceforge.net/

[sirbrent]

or zenphoto which is available through "simple scripts" icon in cpanel. its a lightweight flexible photo manager, you can setup "albums" to be generated on the fly from specific folders.

[pghcollectibles]

i guess i was hoping for something along the lines of like the command prompt in windows ie:

cd public_html
cd images
dir

[pghcollectibles]

but in php or something

[linFox]

The simplest way for a basic file listing (or to iterate over every file, etc) in PHP is to use the scandir() function. It returns an array of all the filenames in the directory.

Eg. to simply print all the filenames in /public_html/images/,

foreach (scandir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/images/") as $filename) {
if ($filename != "." && $filename != "..") {
echo $filename."\n";
}
}

[pghcollectibles]

thank you very much