PHP List of Specific Files in a Directory

PHP list of specific files in a directory

if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
    {
        if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && strtolower(substr($file, strrpos($file, '.') + 1)) == 'xml')
        {
            $thelist .= '<li><a href="'.$file.'">'.$file.'</a></li>';
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}

A simple way to look at the extension using substr and strrpos

List all files in one directory PHP

Check this out : readdir()


This bit of code should list all entries in a certain directory:

if ($handle = opendir('.')) {

    while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle))) {

        if ($entry != "." && $entry != "..") {

            echo "$entry\n";
        }
    }

    closedir($handle);
}

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Edit: miah's solution is much more elegant than mine, you should use his solution instead.

Best way to get files from a dir filtered by certain extension in php

PHP has a great function to help you capture only the files you need. Its called glob()

glob - Find pathnames matching a pattern

Returns an array containing the matched files/directories, an empty array if no file matched or FALSE on error.

Here is an example usage -

$files = glob("/path/to/folder/*.txt");

This will populate the $files variable with a list of all files matching the *.txt pattern in the given path.

Reference -

• glob()

Getting the names of all files in a directory with PHP

Don't bother with open/readdir and use glob instead:

foreach(glob($log_directory.'/*.*') as $file) {
    ...
}

How to list files and folder in a dir (PHP)

PHP 5 has the RecursiveDirectoryIterator.

The manual has a basic example:

<?php

$directory = '/system/infomation/';

$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory));

while($it->valid()) {

    if (!$it->isDot()) {

        echo 'SubPathName: ' . $it->getSubPathName() . "\n";
        echo 'SubPath:     ' . $it->getSubPath() . "\n";
        echo 'Key:         ' . $it->key() . "\n\n";
    }

    $it->next();
}

?>

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Edit -- Here's a slightly more advanced example (only slightly) which produces output similar to what you want (i.e. folder names then files).

// Create recursive dir iterator which skips dot folders
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator('./system/information',
    FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);

// Flatten the recursive iterator, folders come before their files
$it  = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir,
    RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST);

// Maximum depth is 1 level deeper than the base folder
$it->setMaxDepth(1);

// Basic loop displaying different messages based on file or folder
foreach ($it as $fileinfo) {
    if ($fileinfo->isDir()) {
        printf("Folder - %s\n", $fileinfo->getFilename());
    } elseif ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
        printf("File From %s - %s\n", $it->getSubPath(), $fileinfo->getFilename());
    }
}

PHP: How to list files in a directory without listing subdirectories

It should be like this, I think:

$files = scandir($dir); 
foreach($files as $file)
{
    if(is_file($dir.$file)){
      ....

Listing out files in PHP (ONLY the files) as links from all subdirectories of a directory

Try using glob():

<?php
    foreach(glob('path-to/UPLOAD_FOLDER/*') as $subDirectory) {         
        foreach(glob($subDirectory'./*') as $file) {

            // do what you want with file here... example:
            $file_list .= $file.'<br>';                             
        }                               
    }
    echo $file_list;
?>  

How to read a list of files from a folder using PHP?

The simplest and most fun way (imo) is glob

foreach (glob("*.*") as $filename) {
    echo $filename."<br />";
}

But the standard way is to use the directory functions.

if (is_dir($dir)) {
    if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
            echo "filename: .".$file."<br />";
        }
        closedir($dh);
    }
}

There are also the SPL DirectoryIterator methods. If you are interested

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