bavotasan.com » Files http://bavotasan.com by c.bavota Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:42:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Get All the Files from a Directory Using PHP http://bavotasan.com/2010/get-files-from-directory-using-php/ http://bavotasan.com/2010/get-files-from-directory-using-php/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:23:02 +0000 c.bavota http://bavotasan.com/?p=1851 I was developing a WordPress site for a client who required multiple images for each of the products that they offered. Instead of uploading each one through the WP uploader, I decided the best approach would be to first upload them all into a specific folder using FTP, and then use the opendir function in PHP to retrieve them all.

For this example all of my images were added to a folder called products in the wp-content/uploads/ directory.

First we need to figure out where the uploads folder is located. Luckily, WordPress has a function made just for that purpose.

$uploads = wp_upload_dir();

Now let’s start with the code to get all the files in the products directory. We’re going to store them in an array.

if ($dir = opendir($uploads['basedir'].'/products')) {
	$images = array();
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
			$images[] = $file; 
		}
	}
	closedir($dir);
}

Now our $images array contains all the images we added to the products directory.

To display the images, all we have to do is something like this:

echo '<ul>';
foreach($images as $image) {
	echo '<li><img src="';
	echo $uploads['baseurl'].'/products/'.$image;
	echo '" alt="" /></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';

The above code will have all the images displayed in an unordered list.

Here is everything put together:

<?php
$uploads = wp_upload_dir();
 
if ($dir = opendir($uploads['basedir'].'/products')) {
	$images = array();
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
			$images[] = $file; 
		}
	}
	closedir($dir);
}
 
echo '<ul>';
foreach($images as $image) {
	echo '<li><img src="';
	echo $uploads['baseurl'].'/products/'.$image;
	echo '" alt="" /></li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
?>

Here is an alternative which removes having the need for an array:

<?php
$uploads = wp_upload_dir();
echo '<ul>';
if ($dir = opendir($uploads['basedir'].'/products')) {
	while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
			echo '<li><img src="';
			echo $uploads['baseurl'].'/products/'.$file;
			echo '" alt="" /></li>';
		}
	}
	closedir($dir);
}
echo '</ul>';
?>

If you’re not using WordPress, all you have to do is add the absolute file path to the opendir function so that it looks something like this:

opendir('/home/maindir/public_html/products')
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Here is a list of 10 great free Mac apps for Web developers that I use:

TextWrangler

textwrangler
TextWrangler is the powerful general purpose text editor with some great features. Whether you are working with HTML, CSS, PHP or any other Web programming language, TextWrangler has everything you need to easily edit your code.
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/index.html

MAMP

mamp
MAMP installs Apache, Mysql and PHP on your Mac to create a fully functioning Web environment which will allow you to test all aspects of your Web site locally. It’s smart to have an environment to test and work with offline before making your changed on your live site.
http://www.mamp.info/en/mamp/index.html

Paparazzi!

paprazzi
Paparazzi! is a small utility for Mac OS X that takes screen shots of Web pages. This is helpful for creating your portfolio or sending screen shots to clients.
http://derailer.org/paparazzi/

YemuZip

yemuzip
YemuZip is an easy-to-use application for making zip files. Just drag, drop, name your zip file and you’re done. The native Mac file compressor utility adds Mac-specific info to zip files that, when extracted on a PC, looks like garbage.
http://www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip/

VirtualBox

virtualbox
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware that allows Mac user to load Windows software on their desktop. Creating an IE testing environment on your Mac is pretty simple using VirtualBox.
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Skype

skype
Everyone probably already uses this, and if you don’t, you should. Skype is great to communicate with clients from around the globe. Skype to Skype is free for instant messaging and calls.
http://www.skype.com/

GIMP

gimp
GIMP is an open source versatile graphics manipulation package similar to Adobe’s Photoshop, but it won’t put you in the poor house. It may not be as robust but GIMP has some amazing features and who can beat the price.
http://www.gimp.org/

Cyberduck

cyberduck
Cyberduck is an open source FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files and Amazon S3 browser for the Mac. It features an easy to use interface with quickly accessible bookmarks.
http://cyberduck.ch/

SvnX

svnx
SvnX is an open source GUI for most features of the svn client binary. It allows you to browse your working copies, spot changes and operate on them but also to browse logs and revisions of your repositories.
http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/community/subversion/svnx/features/

Sequel Pro

sequelpro
Sequel Pro is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL databases.
http://www.sequelpro.com/

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