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by **mudasir** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:41 am

AOA,

Dear LP members,

I am trying to write a PHP script that will generate directory list using a command

Code: Select all: <?php $cmd="ls -la /sharing/ | awk '{ print $9}'"; $files = array(); exec($cmd, $files); echo '<pre>'; print_r($files); echo '</pre>'; ?>

This code works almost fine for me except it gives output like this

Array
(
[0] =>
[1] => .
[2] => ..
[3] => Anti-ARP
[4] => Connection-Maker
[5] => SXE
[6] => cbts
[7] => dgb
[8] => diglinux.com.tar.gz
[9] => forum.sql
[10] => forum.tar.gz
[11] => games
[12] => islam
[13] => movies
[14] => rhel
[15] => softwares
[16] => songs
[17] => stage-show
[18] => videos
[19] => voi-vidios
)

Can anyone help me out in removing this ARRAY and the ARRAY numbers and "=>" sign. The output should only be the names of directories.

Looking for a positive and quick reply.

by **mrkkhattak** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:27 am

Assalamualaikum,

Please try it as the following

Code: Select all: $cmd="ls -la /sharing/ | awk '{ print $9}'"; $files = array(); exec($cmd, $files); /*echo '<pre>'; print_r($files); echo '</pre>';*/ foreach ($files as $file){ echo '<pre>'; print_r($file); echo '</pre>'; }

It will print the names without those array signs.

Let me know if it doesn't work and you need further help.

by **mudasir** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:57 am

AOA,

Thanks.

One more thing, how will i be able to ignore the first two entries which are "." and "..".

Manners Taliban · by **lambda** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:42 pm

you're doing it wrong. you're supposed to use the dir functions.

by **mrkkhattak** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:36 pm

You are right Lambda, I personally prefer to use dir.

And Mudasir you could ignore the . and .. using the following from the list:

Code: Select all: $cmd="ls -la /sharing/ | awk '{ print $9}'"; $files = array(); exec($cmd, $files); foreach ($files as $file){ // it checks for empty space or . or .. and ignore them. if (($file === "") || ($file === ".") || ($file === "..")){ //echo "don't print it."; } else { echo '<pre>'; print_r($file); echo '</pre>'; } }

Manners Taliban · by **lambda** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:27 pm

just print the <pre></pre> tags around the entire block, not around each item.

by **mudasir** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:59 pm

AOA,

Thanks allot for the help. I have finally made what i was looking for.

Code: Select all: <?php $cmd="ls -la /sharing/ | awk '{ print $9}'"; $files = array(); exec($cmd, $files); foreach ($files as $file){ if (($file === "") || ($file === ".") || ($file === "..")){ //echo "don't print it."; } else { echo '<a href=http://172.16.254.2/sharing/' . $file . ' target=_blank>'; print_r($file); echo '</a>'; echo '<br>'; } } ?>

I am not an expert in php, but this is what i made with help from you people.

Thanks again

Now i am making a search script. I will ask again if i get in trouble again

Manners Taliban · by **lambda** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:32 am

use dir instead of exec.

by **mudasir** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:44 pm

AOA,

By using DIR function, i have come around with this code.

Code: Select all: <?php $d = dir("/sharing"); while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) { if (($entry === "") || ($entry === "." ) || ($entry === "..")){ //echo "dont print."; } else { echo '<a href=http://172.16.254.2/sharing/' . $entry . ' target=_blank>'; echo($entry); echo '</a>'; echo '<br>'; } } $d->close(); ?>

One more thing, i am making a search script.

This code is of search.php

Code: Select all: <? if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { $SEARCH = $_POST['search']; $CMD = 'find /sharing/ -iname' . $SEARCH; exec($CMD, $RESULTS); foreach ($RESULTS as $result){ echo '<pre>'; print_r($result); echo '</pre>' } } ?>

This code is of search.html

Code: Select all: <html> <head> <title>Personal INFO</title> </head> <body> <form method="post" action="search.php"> Search:<input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="search"><br /> <input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit"><br /> </form><br />

Please tell me what i am doing wrong in this, its not giving me any reply.

Manners Taliban · by **lambda** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:00 pm

php's documentation page for dir has an example for doing a recursive listing. use that.

by **mudasir** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:02 pm

AOA,

Dear Lambda bhai,

I dont want to do recursive listing, i want to search for a particular string that will be entered by the user. I searched google but found nothing related to this.

by **mudasir** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:15 pm

AOA,

I made the search script, but i am facing some issues...The script is below

Code: Select all: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Contact Form</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <?php if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){ $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> <form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $me;?>"> Search:<input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="Search"><br> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send"></td> </form> <?php } else { error_reporting(0); $myvar = stripslashes($_POST['Search']); $cmd = 'find /sharing/ -iname ' .$myvar. '*'; $results = array(); exec($cmd, $results); foreach ($results as $result){ echo '<pre>'; echo '<a href=http://172.16.254.2' . $result . ' target=_blank>'; print_r($result); echo '</a>'; echo '</pre>'; } } ?> </body> </html>

The issue is that is shows the complete path, is it possible that is will show only the file name not the complete path.

Second issue that i am facing is that, the space in the path or in the file name is creating problems, it is breaking the path in the link.

Please tell me how can i over come these issues.

Looking for a quick and positive response.

by **LinuxFreaK** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:36 am

Dear
Salam,

I am not a php programmer but i think explode funcation will help you.

Code: Select all: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Contact Form</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> </head> <body> <?php if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){ $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?> <form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $me;?>"> Search:<input type="text" size="12" maxlength="12" name="Search"><br> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send"></td> </form> <?php } else { error_reporting(0); $myvar = stripslashes($_POST['Search']); $cmd = 'find /sharing/ -iname ' .$myvar. '*'; $results = array(); $far = exec($cmd, $results); $fars = explode("/", $far); foreach ($fars as $result){ if($result === "home") { } else { echo '<pre>'; echo '<a href=http://172.16.254.2/' . $result . '/ target=_blank>'; print($result); echo '</a>'; echo '</pre>'; } } } ?> </body> </html>

by **mudasir** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:05 pm

AOA,

Dear Farrukh bhai,

Its not what i am looking for. I tried the EXPLODE function, but not working out for me. Lets see if i find anything.

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