[RESOLVED] Search a file

[sveegaard]

Hi,

I want to search a file's directory - so, if I search the file 0466-01-03.sldprt, PHP returns the path where the file is. All files are unique and on the server's filesystem (intranet).

Is that possible?

[john tindell]

Try something like this, you have to read all the files in the directory and match them.


<?php
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
if($file == "0466-01-03.sldprt"){ //match file
//do stuff with the file here
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
?>


The only other method i can think of would be to use exec() (http://uk2.php.net/exec) and execute "ls" or "dir" with the filename. and parse the results.

[sveegaard]

Does that also work if the files are saved in other directories, eg. ../01/03? Engineers aren't predictable when it's about saving the files :P

[john tindell]

jsut change the parameter passed to opendir() (http://uk2.php.net/opendir). You can check to see if the item return is a file or a directory using is_file() (http://uk2.php.net/is_file) or is_dir() (http://uk2.php.net/is_dir)

[penagate]

You could make a recursive search function, if any result is a directory you call the function again with that base path.

[sveegaard]

It won't work...it just prints a blank screen

[sveegaard]

Oh, it's case sensitive :D