Directory listing display

[Spacejaguar]

Hello everyone, before I start describing my problem let me say that i searched the web for a lot of time before i decided to post my question here.
I have a website in wich i must list and link some hundreds of files wich i have sorted in several directories. I can always use the default view of a directory listing that a browser generates when you don't have an html file, but that completly ruins the layout and you loose all acess to menus, etc, (i can't use frames). Is there a way or some script that reads the contents of a directory and displays that information (file name, date etc..) and the links to those files inside a table in a preformated html page? Maybe with options to control font size/color? and sort options by date, alphabeticcaly? If anyone knows such a script, or even a different solution to this problem please let me know. By the way, new files will be continually put on the directories from time to time.
Thanks for reading.

[Twey]

I can always use the default view of a directory listing that a browser generates when you don't have an html file

The browser doesn't generate this, the server does. The easiest way to solve your problem is to edit this template.

Failing this, you would need a server-side script:

<?php
$path = "/var/www/html/files"; // Path from the server's point of view
$browserpath = "/files"; // Path from the browser's point of view - no trailing slash!
$files = "<ul>\n";
$dir = opendir($path);

while($file = readdir($dir)) {
  if(($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) {
    $files .= "\t<li><a href=\"$browserpath/$file\">$file</a></li>\n";
  }
}
closedir($dir);
?>
Files in <?=$browserdir?>:
<?=$files?>

[enemeth]

Thank you for that code up there it works great for me , but can someone just tell me what i need to put in it to alphabetise the list???

thank you ,

Elaine

[Nile]

Not tested, no guarantee it will work:

<?php
$path = "/var/www/html/files"; // Path from the server's point of view
$browserpath = "/files"; // Path from the browser's point of view - no trailing slash!
$files = "<ul>\n";
$dir = opendir($path);
$c = 0;
while($file = readdir($dir)) {
  if(($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) {
    $c += 1;
  $filesArrA[$c] = $file;
  $filesArrB[$c] = $browserpath/$file;
  $filesArrA[$c] .= "\t<li><a href=\"$filesArrB[$c]/$filesArrA[$c]\">$filesArrA[$c]</a></li>\n";
  }
}
for($i=0;$i<=$c;$i++){
sort($filesArrA[$i]);
}
closedir($dir);
echo "Files in $browserdir<br />";
for($i=0;$i<=$c;$i++){
echo $filesArrA[$c];
}
?>

[enemeth]

no it didnt work

[Nile]

Does it show the files, or do you get an error?

[Twey]

<?php
  $path = '/var/www/html/files';
  $browserpath = '/files';

  $files = scandir($files);
  sort($files);
?>
Files in <?php echo $browserpath; ?>:
<ul>
<?php foreach ($files as $file): ?>
  <li>
    <a href="<?php echo $browserpath; ?>/<?php echo $file; ?>">
      <?php echo $file; ?>
    </a>
  </li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

[Medyman]

http://css-tricks.com/improving-the-...irectory-view/

[Twey]

Not sure I trust that. 'Different browsers have different takes on it?' Drivel, sir! It's the server that defines how that page appears, nothing more.

[Medyman]

Not sure I trust that. 'Different browsers have different takes on it?' Drivel, sir! It's the server that defines how that page appears, nothing more.

The guy who wrote that blog post isn't the one who wrote the script. So take that for all it's worth.

I don't make any claims about the script as I don't and have not used it. Just thought it was interesting.