opendir() PHP

Fi_C**

Could someone please tell me how to use the opendir() php function...... or is it even the right function to use if i want to
fread()
from a text file that is saved on a mapped network drive
Thanks...

dahamsta

As it says in the manual - and as the name implies - opendir() is for working with directories. Have a look at the filesystem functions, specifically fopen() and file(). The documentation for fread() provides a full example by the way, did you try that before posting here?

adam

Fi_C**

Ya I did read the manual on php.net...
However my code just won't work!!
I don't understand that whole lot about networks and servers and stuff. THis is wot I've been doing and the if statement keeps failing... when I try to access my s drive -- it's fine when i use it for local drives!!


if ($dir = @opendir("s:\\"))
{
while (($file = readdir($dir)) != false)
{
echo "$file\n";
}
closedir($dir);
}
else echo ("<br>Connecting to network drive failing");

$file = fopen($filename, "r");
#$file = fopen("test.txt", "r");
if(!$file) echo("Cannot open File");
$text = fread($file, $maxfilesize);
fclose($file);:mad:

Ph3n0m

Yes it works great locally, but you have to tell us where the directory is, in relation to the root of your site

eg

the directory is a directory in a directory, etc

and also where the page is being placed that is using the opendir function

Fi_C**

This is the exact location of the file:
$filename = "$loc\03 minutes of meetings\$mT\$name";

$loc=" s:\\systems\projects\project_name\"
$mT="type-of_meeting\"
$name = document name.

This is for an intranet site not 100% sure where it will eventually be placed --- at the moment it is on apache server

whereas the files are on NT server...
Does it have something to do with permissions on apache??

Ph3n0m

I remember that using opendir, only works on the server where the script is located, but if you are trying to access other files on "another computer", they have to be linked via a [url]http://[/url] call or ip address

eg
if ($dir = @opendir(&quot;s:\\"))
{
while (($file = readdir($dir)) != false)
{
echo "$file\n";
}
closedir($dir);
}
else echo ("<br>Connecting to network drive failing");

$file = fopen($filename, "r");
#$file = fopen("test.txt", "r");
if(!$file) echo("Cannot open File");
$text = fread($file, $maxfilesize);
fclose($file);

will work fine on a local test

but a live test on a server, it will not work as it relates to securities and permissions. best bet is to have all relevant files located on the one machine