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Dir 2 Box

Type:	code fragment
Added by:	wibi
Entered:	05/07/2001
Last modified:	09/12/2007
Rating:	(3 votes)
Views:	10374

This function will read a directory and put the result into a listbox. So you can choose a file from that listbox.

<?
 /********************************************************************

                            *    drop-down-menu - form field function.

                            *    function that read directory content and 

                            *    return the result list as drop-down-menu

                            *   Syntax :

                            *        - string dir2box(string path, string name, string selected-file);

                            *

                            *    Copyright (C) 2001 Wibisono Sastrodiwiryo. 

                            *       This program is free software licensed under the 

                            *       GNU General Public License (GPL).

                            *

                            *   CyberGL => Application Service Provider

                            *   http://www.cybergl.co.id

                            *    office@cybergl.co.id

                            *

                            *   $Id: dir2box.php3,v 0.1 2001/07/5 19:42:20 wibi Exp $ 

                            *********************************************************************/

                            
 function dir2box($path, $name, $default="") {

                                $result="<select name="$name" size=1>n";

                                 $handle=opendir("$path");

                                 while ($file = readdir($handle)) {

                                    if ($file == $default) {$selected="selected";} else {$selected="";}

                                    if ($file != "." and $file !="..") {$result.="<option value="$file" $selected>$file</option>n";}

                                 }

                                 closedir($handle);

                                $result.="</select>n";

                            return $result;

                            }
 ?>

Usage Example

<?
 require("dir2box.php3");
 $default="index.php3";
 $path="/home/cybergl.co.id/htdocs";
 ?>
 <form>

                            <p>

                            Files : 

                            <?
 echo dir2box($path, "directory", $default);
 ?>

                            <p>

                            </form>

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