Webpage that automatically adds new filenames

cc_uk · 09-29-2008, 05:28 AM

Hi all

First post so here goes...been an avid reader for a while but the time has come.....

I am trying to set up a simple intranet site for my work and would like a bit of help with something which will make my life MUCH easier in the future.

The intranet site will only be used within my department to access help docs, .pdf/.doc etc. At the moment there are 200+ files in different folders and this will increase in the future. What I would like to have is a script or similar that will add the filename as a link in to the intranet webpage where the file is placed.

So for instance, I add a new pdf document called 'New User Setup.pdf' to a folder called 'User Setup' within the web folders and it would automatically (somehow.....using a periodically run script or db!!) create a link to that file on the user_setup.html/.php/.asp page.

At the moment I have not decided on the format i.e. php etc so open to suggestions. The simplar the better, however what I want may not be that simple!!

I have dealt with php/html & asp previously, also MySQL & M$ SQL.

Any ideas would be great....well, apart from "add all in manually including future ones"

hehe

Thanks in advance.

**jamiemac2005** · 09-29-2008, 05:39 AM

Hey, this would be easy to do using PHP, rather than updating the list automatically you could get a list of all the files under the directory when the user requests the page...

e.g. have a listFiles.php file(or whatever name) and load it as the main page/a page when the user logs in... useful functions for this would be:

glob() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_filesystem_glob.asp
is_dir() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_filesystem_is_dir.asp
is_file() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_fi...em_is_file.asp

Using these three functions you could list the files in a certain directory when the page loads(hence no need to update a list).

Cheers,
Jamey

**jamiemac2005** · 09-29-2008, 05:40 AM

oh, p.s. i could try writing some basic code for you in php if you'd like but as long as you have basic experience of PHP this should be fine.

cc_uk · 09-29-2008, 05:48 AM

Thank you for the quick reply.

My php is not great!! Had a look at the links you have added and can't understand how it would create the links to the files. I understand that its pulling the list but not the linking.

A bit of coding would be a bloody great help if that's OK?

**jamiemac2005** · 09-29-2008, 06:12 AM

Okay, if i were doing this i'd do something like:

PHP Code:


			
<?



//get a list of all the files in the current directory(should list directories too[because theres no "."] 

$files = glob("*");



//for each of the files(and hopefully folders[but i don't know])

foreach($files as $file){

   //output it as the filename as a link

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

   //or the above using double quotes(to avoid having all them dots):

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

   

}



?>

The above should list all the files in the directory that the .php file is in(though i haven't tested it so you'd have to try it out yourself)...

Cheers,
Jamey =]

cc_uk · 09-29-2008, 06:17 AM

Nice one!!

Thank you very much!

I will try it later and let you know.

Again thanks a lot

**jamiemac2005** · 09-29-2008, 08:57 AM

I gave it a try on my own testing server and it works as i'd expected... =] Glad to be of help.

Cheers,
Jamey

cc_uk · 09-30-2008, 12:48 PM

Hi

Thanks for the code....worked as you said...again thanks!!

Is there any way of getting the code to put the produced files in alphabetical order?

Also, can you steer me in the direction of how to tidy it up a bit, I would like to wrap a font around it and also a link colour but when I do it on either side of the code it messes up!!

Cheers!!

**dm01** · 09-30-2008, 04:08 PM

You could use CSS to efficiently and elegantly avoid that problem.

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
a .file {color: "hexadecimal_value_of_colour"; font-family: "font"}
*/other CSS data*/
</style>
</head>
</body>

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

"hexadecimal_value_of_colour": the hexadecimal value of the colour you have chosen. Each colour displayable by the browser has been assigned a particular alpha-numeric hexidecimal value, based on the hue, shade, and brightness of the colour. For example, the red I used to highlight the "class=file" is #ff0000. For more information on hexadecimal colour values, please read http://www.w3schools.com/Html/html_colors.asp.

Best of luck!

**jamiemac2005** · 09-30-2008, 05:05 PM

dm01 covored the font thing... that would work great... as for sorting you could use an array sorting function in the PHP part of the code:

(to build upon my last code:)

PHP Code:


			
<?

//get a list of all the files in the current directory(should list directories too[because theres no "."]  
$files = glob("*");

//sort the array alpabetically
sort($files, SORT_STRING);

//for each of the files(and hopefully folders[but i don't know])
foreach($files as $file){
   //output it as the filename as a link
   //echo '<a href="' . $file . '">' . $file . '</a><br />';
   //or the above using double quotes(to avoid having all them dots):
   echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n";
   
}

?>

That should work(i think)...

Cheers,
Jamey

09-29-2008, 05:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
cc_uk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu HardyHeron / XP SP3	Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Hi all First post so here goes...been an avid reader for a while but the time has come..... I am trying to set up a simple intranet site for my work and would like a bit of help with something which will make my life MUCH easier in the future. The intranet site will only be used within my department to access help docs, .pdf/.doc etc. At the moment there are 200+ files in different folders and this will increase in the future. What I would like to have is a script or similar that will add the filename as a link in to the intranet webpage where the file is placed. So for instance, I add a new pdf document called 'New User Setup.pdf' to a folder called 'User Setup' within the web folders and it would automatically (somehow.....using a periodically run script or db!!) create a link to that file on the user_setup.html/.php/.asp page. At the moment I have not decided on the format i.e. php etc so open to suggestions. The simplar the better, however what I want may not be that simple!! I have dealt with php/html & asp previously, also MySQL & M$ SQL. Any ideas would be great....well, apart from "add all in manually including future ones" hehe Thanks in advance.

09-29-2008, 05:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Hey, this would be easy to do using PHP, rather than updating the list automatically you could get a list of all the files under the directory when the user requests the page... e.g. have a listFiles.php file(or whatever name) and load it as the main page/a page when the user logs in... useful functions for this would be: glob() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_filesystem_glob.asp is_dir() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_filesystem_is_dir.asp is_file() - http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/func_fi...em_is_file.asp Using these three functions you could list the files in a certain directory when the page loads(hence no need to update a list). Cheers, Jamey __________________ Help fight cancer. < I just started =]

09-29-2008, 05:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames oh, p.s. i could try writing some basic code for you in php if you'd like but as long as you have basic experience of PHP this should be fine. __________________ Help fight cancer. < I just started =]

09-29-2008, 05:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
cc_uk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu HardyHeron / XP SP3	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Thank you for the quick reply. My php is not great!! Had a look at the links you have added and can't understand how it would create the links to the files. I understand that its pulling the list but not the linking. A bit of coding would be a bloody great help if that's OK?

09-29-2008, 06:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Okay, if i were doing this i'd do something like: PHP Code: <? //get a list of all the files in the current directory(should list directories too[because theres no "."] $files = glob(""); //for each of the files(and hopefully folders[but i don't know]) foreach($files as $file){ //output it as the filename as a link //echo '<a href="' . $file . '">' . $file . '</a><br />'; //or the above using double quotes(to avoid having all them dots): echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n"; } ?> The above should list all the files in the directory that the .php file is in(though i haven't tested it so you'd have to try it out yourself)... Cheers, Jamey =] __________________ Help fight cancer.* < I just started =]

09-29-2008, 06:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
cc_uk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu HardyHeron / XP SP3	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Nice one!! Thank you very much! I will try it later and let you know. Again thanks a lot

09-29-2008, 08:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames I gave it a try on my own testing server and it works as i'd expected... =] Glad to be of help. Cheers, Jamey __________________ Help fight cancer. < I just started =]

09-30-2008, 12:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
cc_uk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Ubuntu HardyHeron / XP SP3	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames Hi Thanks for the code....worked as you said...again thanks!! Is there any way of getting the code to put the produced files in alphabetical order? Also, can you steer me in the direction of how to tidy it up a bit, I would like to wrap a font around it and also a link colour but when I do it on either side of the code it messes up!! Cheers!!

09-30-2008, 04:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
dm01 Design Team Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Richmond, B.C.; Canada Posts: 666 OS: Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] SP3 \| Ubuntu Hardy Heron	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames You could use CSS to efficiently and elegantly avoid that problem. <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> a .file {color: "hexadecimal_value_of_colour"; font-family: "font"} /other CSS data/ </style> </head> </body> <!--data--> echo "<a class="file" href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n"; </body> </html> "hexadecimal_value_of_colour": the hexadecimal value of the colour you have chosen. Each colour displayable by the browser has been assigned a particular alpha-numeric hexidecimal value, based on the hue, shade, and brightness of the colour. For example, the red I used to highlight the "class=file" is #ff0000. For more information on hexadecimal colour values, please read http://www.w3schools.com/Html/html_colors.asp. Best of luck! __________________ Validate your Markup Validate your CSS *Free* multi-purpose text and source code editor

09-30-2008, 05:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
jamiemac2005 Design Team Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northampton, UK Posts: 1,090 OS: Win Vista Home Premium & Ubuntu Hardy(8.04)	Re: Webpage that automatically adds new filenames dm01 covored the font thing... that would work great... as for sorting you could use an array sorting function in the PHP part of the code: (to build upon my last code:) PHP Code: <? //get a list of all the files in the current directory(should list directories too[because theres no "."] $files = glob(""); //sort the array alpabetically sort($files, SORT_STRING); //for each of the files(and hopefully folders[but i don't know]) foreach($files as $file){ //output it as the filename as a link //echo '<a href="' . $file . '">' . $file . '</a><br />'; //or the above using double quotes(to avoid having all them dots): echo "<a href='$file'>$file</a><br>\n"; } ?> That should work(i think)... Cheers, Jamey __________________ Help fight cancer.* < I just started =]