[elute96]

I have folders full of files and id like download links to each file in the folder so is there a way to automatically generate download links for every file in the folder?
Thanks

[TheRobatron]

Some webhosts will automatically generate index pages for folders that don't already have index pages. You should be able to change the options for this in your web hosting settings.

Alternatively, if you can't do that, you can create a PHP script to do it:

PHP Code:

<?php
$dir = "./"; //Current directory
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach ($files as $f) {
echo "\n<a href='$f'>$f</a><br />";
}
?>

[elute96]

Do I just paste the code into website like any code?
Thanks

[TheRobatron]

Yeah, but remember to give it a .php extension (the logical file name would be index.php, because it is an index page after all). Make sure your webhost supports PHP as well.

[elute96]

ok so i create my page how i want it, add that code and give it a php extension?

[TheRobatron]

Yep, just paste in the code where you want the list of files to be and call it index.php

[wipem]

I want to know how create websites using PHP.

[MMJ]

Originally Posted by TheRobatron

Some webhosts will automatically generate index pages for folders that don't already have index pages. You should be able to change the options for this in your web hosting settings.

Alternatively, if you can't do that, you can create a PHP script to do it:

PHP Code:

<?php
$dir = "./"; //Current directory
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach ($files as $f) {
echo "\n<a href='$f'>$f</a><br />";
}
?>

The scandir function required PHP 5, make sure thats the php version your host is running.

[TheRobatron]

Originally Posted by MMJ

The scandir function required PHP 5, make sure thats the php version your host is running.

Don't worry if it isn't - one of my webhosts runs PHP 4, so I use this function instead:

PHP Code:

// Scandir for PHP4
//
if(!function_exists('scandir'))
{
    function scandir($dir, $sortorder = 0)
    {
        if(is_dir($dir))
        {
            $dirlist = opendir($dir);
           
            while( ($file = readdir($dirlist)) !== false)
            {
                if(!is_dir($file))
                {
                    $files[] = $file;
                }
            }
           
            ($sortorder == 0) ? asort($files) : arsort($files);
           
            return $files;
        }
        else
        {
        return FALSE;
        break;
        }
    }
} 


Originally Posted by wipem

I want to know how create websites using PHP.

You'll need to do quite a bit of reading and learning - look around the internet for tutorials and in your library or book shop for books. I found PHP & MySQL for Dummies very useful, as well as PHP, MySQL and Apache All In One.

[MMJ]

Nice one.

However the scandir function does return directories.

[TheRobatron]

I think (though I've never tried it) that if the if (!is_dir($file)) statement is removed, it will return directories as well:

PHP Code:

// Scandir for PHP4
//
if(!function_exists('scandir'))
{
    function scandir($dir, $sortorder = 0)
    {
        if(is_dir($dir))
        {
            $dirlist = opendir($dir);
           
            while( ($file = readdir($dirlist)) !== false)
            {
                
                    $files[] = $file;
                
            }
           
            ($sortorder == 0) ? asort($files) : arsort($files);
           
            return $files;
        }
        else
        {
        return FALSE;
        break;
        }
    }
}