search a directory on my site

[derekm]

Ok I know you are probably getting tired of me so hopefully this post will solve it all.

I put the quotes in and now I am getting this

Warning: strpos(): Empty delimiter. in /home/content/d/e/r/derekm806/html/ordinances.php on line 69

And Line 69 is this:

if (!strpos($search,file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file))) continue;

And just for further refreshing here is the whole code again:

<?php
function searchfiles($search,$dir) {
$results = array();
$n=0;
$opendir = opendir($dir);
while ($file = readdir($opendir)) {
if (in_array($file,array('.','..','otherfile.ext','....'))) continue;
//leave '.' and '..', and add any other files to skip... but try to keep mostly only searched files in this directory
if (!strpos($search,file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file))) continue;
$array[$n] = $file;
$n++;
}
return $array;
}


if (isset($_POST['search']) )

print_r(searchfiles($_POST['term'], 'ord')); //set mydocs to your directory
//$search must be the text to match


else {
?>
<form action="" method="POST">
Search Term: <input type="text" name="term"> <input type="submit" name="search">
</form>
<?php
}
?>

And you said earlier that something about assuming $dir and $file are set correctly, where was i susposed to set that at

Thanks
DM

[thetestingsite]

And you said earlier that something about assuming $dir and $file are set correctly, where was i susposed to set that at

It would be on this line:

print_r(searchfiles($_POST['term'], 'ord')); //set mydocs to your directory

The part in red is the directory, the file is found in that directory and "automatically" defined; if that makes sense.

[derekm]

so your saying I have it right?

[thetestingsite]

If the directory you are searching in is called "ord", then yes. If not, then you need to change it to the directory you wish to search through.

[derekm]

well that is the exact directory and it is not working for some reason...

what does "Empty delimiter" mean?

[derekm]

With this php code

<?php
function searchfiles($search,$dir) {
$results = array();
$n=0;
$opendir = opendir($dir);
while ($file = readdir($opendir)) {
if (in_array($file,array('.','..','otherfile.ext','....'))) continue;
//leave '.' and '..', and add any other files to skip... but try to keep mostly only searched files in this directory
if (!strpos($search,file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file))) continue;
$array[$n] = $file;
$n++;
}
return $array;
}


if (isset($_POST['search']) )

print_r(searchfiles($_POST['term'], 'ord')); //set mydocs to your directory
//$search must be the text to match


else {
?>
<form action="" method="POST">
Search Term: <input type="text" name="term"> <input type="submit" name="search">
</form>
<?php
}
?>

I am getting no form at all and getting this on my page..

Warning: strpos(): Empty delimiter. in /home/content/d/e/r/derekm806/html/ordinances.php on line 69

Warning: strpos(): Empty delimiter. in /home/content/d/e/r/derekm806/html/ordinances.php on line 69

Warning: strpos(): Empty delimiter. in /home/content/d/e/r/derekm806/html/ordinances.php on line 69

LINE 69

if (!strpos($search,file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file))) continue;

Any ideas.....

[djr33]

I'm not sure if action="" is invalid. If so, just use the name of your page. It's possible to generate this with PHP, but it was giving you errors before, so I don't see the point.

As for the strpos() error, I'm assuming that either $search or file_get_contents() is blank. You can suppress the error using:
if (!@strpos($search,file_get_contents($dir.'/'.$file))) continue;

But I'm not sure if that will help, if something is going wrong.

You're not getting any results at all?

[derekm]

Ok Here is the web site address. Maybe if you see what it is doing you will be able to tell more about it

www.bayarkansas.org/ordinances.php

Thanks
DM

[djr33]

Nothing returns results. I assume you have 3 files being searched right now?


The code above should work, if the system is setup correctly (sending the form, etc). However, try changing this:
if (isset($_POST['search']) )
to:
if (isset($_POST['term']))

See if that helps.

[derekm]

Nothing returns results. I assume you have 3 files being searched right now?


The code above should work, if the system is setup correctly (sending the form, etc). However, try changing this:
if (isset($_POST['search']) )
to:
if (isset($_POST['term']))

See if that helps.

Actually there is a couple hundred files in that directory. But there may only be a few with the term I am searching