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  • Jeff Gaines
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    Directory / File Indexing - Structure Question

    As part of learning php I have set up an automated directory/file listing
    process.

    On my server I have a directory called 'Notes' and under that a dozen or
    so dub-directories on various topics, each containing a mix of html and
    mht files.

    In the Notes directory I have a php script which echoes links to each sub
    directory (excluding . and ..) and incorporates a link to a file
    'index.php' in each sub directory.

    In turn index.php echoes the html/mht files along with a link to them.

    This means that I can add/remove directories and files and they will
    automatically be included in my browser, as long as I remember to copy
    index.php to each new directory.

    I want to change this slightly so that clicking on a link in Notes.php
    will write a file called index.html to the selected sub directory and then
    navigate to it. This avoids having to copy index.php to each sub directory.

    I am OK with most of it except how to switch to the index.html file from a
    php file. I read a comment somewhere that php is not html so doesn't
    recognise links so is there a way to switch to a specified file in a
    browser from a php script please? Having re-read this I need a process
    that can call a function then activate a link to index.html in the
    appropriate directory.

    Many thanks.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
    There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
    who don't.
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    • Captain Paralytic
      #2
      Re: Directory / File Indexing - Structure Question

      On 15 Oct, 13:07, "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_new... @yahoo.co.ukwro te:
      As part of learning php I have set up an automated directory/file listing
      process.
      >
      On my server I have a directory called 'Notes' and under that a dozen or
      so dub-directories on various topics, each containing a mix of html and
      mht files.
      >
      In the Notes directory I have a php script which echoes links to each sub
      directory (excluding . and ..) and incorporates a link to a file
      'index.php' in each sub directory.
      >
      In turn index.php echoes the html/mht files along with a link to them.
      >
      This means that I can add/remove directories and files and they will
      automatically be included in my browser, as long as I remember to copy
      index.php to each new directory.
      >
      I want to change this slightly so that clicking on a link in Notes.php
      will write a file called index.html to the selected sub directory and then
      navigate to it. This avoids having to copy index.php to each sub directory.
      >
      I am OK with most of it except how to switch to the index.html file from a
      php file. I read a comment somewhere that php is not html so doesn't
      recognise links so is there a way to switch to a specified file in a
      browser from a php script please? Having re-read this I need a process
      that can call a function then activate a link to index.html in the
      appropriate directory.
      >
      Many thanks.
      >
      --
      Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
      There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
      who don't.
      I think you are looking for the header() function

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        • Jeff Gaines
          #3
          Re: Directory / File Indexing - Structure Question

          On 15/10/2007 in message <ff079b02q4p@dr n.newsguy.comTo m wrote:
          >I think most PHP is setup on teh web server so all .php files are parsed
          >by PHP.
          >IF the file extension is .html then it would be a plain HTML file that us
          >sent
          >as-is. If you didn't need any PHP code in the index pages you are creating
          >in
          >those directories, it would make sense to simply use the .html version .
          Many thanks Captain P and Tom, I will investigate the header() function.

          In the meantime I have taken a slightly different approach. I have
          book-marked CreateIndexFile s.php as my entry point to my notes files. The
          script then creates an index.html file in each sub-directory and echoes a
          link to each of those index files. This means if I add/delete a directory
          or file then I just navigate to the bookmark, hit Ctrl+F5 and it gets
          re-built automagically.

          If anybody has any other suggestions as to how to achieve this I would be
          happy to try them as part of my learning process :-)

          --
          Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK
          There are 3 types of people in this world. Those who can count, and those
          who can't.

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