Jack wrote:
> Dear all
> I had a folder which contains a lot of pdf file, the name format of the pdf
> files are : xxxxx.dateformat.pdf (eg : abcdefg.20020718.pdf).
> Now i want to use the php script to detect what files it got in a specific
> folder.
> i want to make a user input form which will let user to input the date and
> then i will look for the pdf report from this specific folder base on the
> Date given!
>
> I think one of the quickest way is to ask php to check the filename from
> "Right to Left" which is the Date format!
>
> But i don't know which php function will perform this task (Check filename
> from Right to Left).
>
> If you have any other suggestion, pls help me!
I think I would do something like this:
<?php
//DATEFORMAT YYYYMMDD
if($dir=@opendir("/yourdirwithpdf")) {
echo "Found following files:"
while(($file=readdir($dir))!==false) {
if(ereg("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+\.$INPUTDATE\.pdf")) {
echo '<a href="'.$file.'">'.$file.'<\n>';
}
}
}
?>
Regards,
Johan
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