The OS is Win2k. The files I want to access are flat text files (.txt,.csv).
This is NOT a DATABASE related question. This is strictly flat files.
I have the shared directories mapped to the computer with a drive letter of
R. So, in theory, according to what one said, I should be able to access and
list the directories and files on that shared directory. Well, I already
tried this yesterday and it's not working. I used as the path: R:\\data as
the path. I escaped the backslash appropriately. Still, no luck. However,
when I want to list the contents of the C drive, or any local partition,
this works. SO, why can't I access the mapped drive ( R: ) ?
* Originally I tried accessing the data by the network name, such as:
\\ftpserver\data as $path = "\\\\ftpserver\\data"; This did not work
either.
Here is code that I am using to test this:
<snip>
<?
include("../incs/FileSystem.inc"); // a wrapper class for the php
file and dir functions
$path = "R:\\Data\\JAU\\Sites"; // this is the mapped (shared) drive
that resides on another computer.
$fs = new FileSystem(); // this is an object I wrote that wraps all the file
and directory functions
if ( $list = $fs->getList($path) ) // getList() returns an array of the
files and dirs found in $path (uses opendir )
{
$size = count($list);
if ( $size > 0 )
{
for($i=0;$i<$size;$i++)
{
$fname = $list[$i];
echo "$fname <br>"; // just print out; this is just testing
}
}
else
{
echo "no files";
}
}
else
{
echo "error listing files in: $path";
}
?>
</snip>
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Nicole Amashta
www.aeontrek.com
"B.A.T. Svensson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > I need to access data files residing on a different computer
> in
> >the same network as the computer running the php scripts. Is this
possible?
> >I can't find any documentation on this and I need to figure this out
ASAP,
> >as in today.
> >
> >Once I access the files, I need to be able to read from them Is this
> >possible, and how??
> >
> >Please help. Thank you!! ;)
>
> And the type of files you want to share is? And these files recedes on
what?
> File system, DB, or? And the platform you working on is? Anyhow:
>
> If assume we are talking about regular flat files and you are using NT.
Then
> why not try to make a share? Then you can access the files just as any
> normal file receding in the file system.
>
> Syntax for net share:
>
> [d:\vc98\include]net help share
> The syntax of this command is:
>
>
> NET SHARE sharename
> sharename=drive:path [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
> [/REMARK:"text"]
> sharename [/USERS:number | /UNLIMITED]
> [/REMARK:"text"]
> {sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE
>
> NET SHARE makes a server's resources available to network users. When
> used without options, it lists information about all resources being
> shared on the computer. For each resource, Windows NT reports the
> devicename(s) or pathname(s) and a descriptive comment associated with it.
>
> sharename Is the network name of the shared resource. Type
> NET SHARE with a sharename only to display information
> about that share.
> drive:path Specifies the absolute path of the directory to
> be shared.
> /USERS:number Sets the maximum number of users who can
> simultaneously access the shared resource.
> /UNLIMITED Specifies an unlimited number of users can
> simultaneously access the shared resource
> /REMARK:"text" Adds a descriptive comment about the resource.
> Enclose the text in quotation marks.
> devicename Is one or more printers (LPT1: through LPT9:)
> shared by sharename.
> /DELETE Stops sharing the resource.
>
> NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.
>
> [d:\vc98\include]
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