Looking for a way to generate an HTML file download page...

....that will automatically create a download link for every file (and
folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to manually
update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!

Jay

<?php

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

{

while ($file=readdir($handle))

{

if ($file != "." && $file != "..")

{

echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";

}

}

closedir($handle);

}

else

{

echo "Error Processing this stuff!";

}

?>

"Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
news:bf1pl3$a14f4$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> ...that will automatically create a download link for every file (and
> folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
> directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to manually
> update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
>
> Jay
>
>

I'm really, really new at this, so please forgive my ignorance. Where do I
put this code? Thanks again!

Jay

"spearman" <net@news.com> wrote in message
news:J3_Qa.59866$sY2.28252@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.n et...
> <?php
>
> if ($handle = opendir('.'))
>
> {
>
> while ($file=readdir($handle))
>
> {
>
> if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
>
> {
>
> echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";
>
> }
>
> }
>
> closedir($handle);
>
> }
>
> else
>
> {
>
> echo "Error Processing this stuff!";
>
> }
>
> ?>
>
> "Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
> news:bf1pl3$a14f4$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > ...that will automatically create a download link for every file (and
> > folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
> > directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to
manually
> > update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
> >
> > Jay
> >
> >
>
>

You put it at the location in the page you want the links to be displayed.

"Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
news:bf1qtq$a4bv7$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I'm really, really new at this, so please forgive my ignorance. Where do
I
> put this code? Thanks again!
>
> Jay
>
> "spearman" <net@news.com> wrote in message
> news:J3_Qa.59866$sY2.28252@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.n et...
> > <?php
> >
> > if ($handle = opendir('.'))
> >
> > {
> >
> > while ($file=readdir($handle))
> >
> > {
> >
> > if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
> >
> > {
> >
> > echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";
> >
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > closedir($handle);
> >
> > }
> >
> > else
> >
> > {
> >
> > echo "Error Processing this stuff!";
> >
> > }
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > "Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
> > news:bf1pl3$a14f4$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > ...that will automatically create a download link for every file (and
> > > folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
> > > directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to
> manually
> > > update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks!

Jay

"Matt Montgomery" <NOSPAMmatt@NOSPAMchums.com> wrote in message
news:9Q_Qa.98$s01.106097@news.uswest.net...
> You put it at the location in the page you want the links to be displayed.
>
> "Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
> news:bf1qtq$a4bv7$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > I'm really, really new at this, so please forgive my ignorance. Where
do
> I
> > put this code? Thanks again!
> >
> > Jay
> >
> > "spearman" <net@news.com> wrote in message
> > news:J3_Qa.59866$sY2.28252@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.n et...
> > > <?php
> > >
> > > if ($handle = opendir('.'))
> > >
> > > {
> > >
> > > while ($file=readdir($handle))
> > >
> > > {
> > >
> > > if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
> > >
> > > {
> > >
> > > echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > closedir($handle);
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > else
> > >
> > > {
> > >
> > > echo "Error Processing this stuff!";
> > >
> > > }
> > >
> > > ?>
> > >
> > > "Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
> > > news:bf1pl3$a14f4$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > > ...that will automatically create a download link for every file
(and
> > > > folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
> > > > directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to
> > manually
> > > > update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Jay
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

OK, I have a little PHP script that I think will do what I need it to do,
but I want to run the script with some HTML "window dressing". I seem to
recall reading down below that I can't call PHP from within HTML, so I guess
I need to call HTML from within the PHP script. How do I do that? I'm
trying to do it with "include" but can't seem to get the syntax right, not
sure where to use the "include" statement to call the HTML file.

Here's what I have:

<?php

if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "index.php")
{
echo "<a href=$file>$file</a>\n <br>";
}
}
closedir($handle);
}
?>

I want to call an HTML file called "download.html". Where do I put it?

Jay

"Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
news:bf1pl3$a14f4$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> ...that will automatically create a download link for every file (and
> folder, if possible) in a particular directory. The contents of the
> directory will be changing frequently and I don't want to have to manually
> update the download page. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!
>
> Jay
>
>

"Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> wrote in message
news:bf21qf$a2c0f$1@ID-190190.news.uni-berlin.de...
> OK, I see what it does, lists all the files in the directory with a
> hyperlink. The only problem is that when I click on a link the browser
> actually opens the file instead of downloading it. As you can see, I'm
> really ignorant about this. What do I need to do to have the link
download
> the file instead of opening it?

Zip them up. Then all files will download.


> Jay
>
>
>
> "Bad Man" <heyho@letsgo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns93B9B7D8BECBFsonicyouth@206.127.4.10...
> > On 15 Jul 2003, "Jay Vance" <jay@mtboard.com> impressively belched the
> > following:
> >
> > if you just paste that code into a page on its own you will see what it
> > does. note that the '.' in the opendir() statement means that it is
> > reading files from the current directory. you could always use opendir
> > ('images/') or any other directory name.
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm really, really new at this, so please forgive my ignorance. Where
> > > do I put this code? Thanks again!
> > >
> > > Jay
> > >
> > > "spearman" <net@news.com> wrote in message
> > > news:J3_Qa.59866$sY2.28252@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.n et...
> > >> <?php
> > >>
> > >> if ($handle = opendir('.'))
> > >>
> > >> {
> > >>
> > >> while ($file=readdir($handle))
> > >>
> > >> {
> > >>
> > >> if ($file != "." && $file != "..")
> > >>
> > >> {
> > >>
> > >> echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";
> > >>
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> closedir($handle);
> > >>
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> else
> > >>
> > >> {
> > >>
> > >> echo "Error Processing this stuff!";
> > >>
> > >> }
> > >>
> > >> ?>
> >
>
>