Folders

[SpiritWebb]

Is there a way in PHP or HTML, to show a listing of files as links in specified folder, that updates when you place a new file in that folder?

Say for example, someone uploads a music file to say /music/uploads/

Now, they go to see uploaded music, and it displays all and any recently uploaded music? If so, how can this be achieved? Thanks in advance...

[SpiritWebb]

Nevermind, I have figured it out. For those that ever need to know how to do this:

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<?php
    $dir=opendir("foldername"); //folder you wish to display
    $files=array();
    while (($file=readdir($dir)) !== false)
    {
    if ($file != "." and $file != ".." and $file != "yourfilename.php") //yourfilename is the file you choose to save this .php file as
    {
    array_push($files, $file);
    }
    }
    closedir($dir);
    sort($files);
    foreach ($files as $file)
    print "<A href='foldername/$file'>$file</a><br> //folder you wish to display, if its the same folder, just remove foldername/
    ";
    ?>

[Jackolantern]

Nice While printing the directory contents may have limited application on the public internet, this can be very useful for other algorithms, such as creating a video upload site, or other situations where you need structured handling of uploaded files. Thanks!

[SpiritWebb]

Never thought of it that way. I am using it for the work website I am building. When an employee turns in their paperwork (uploaded as .pdf) it will go to said folder, and us team leads can then go back in and review them. I set it up this way for ways of saving paper, going green!