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Is there a script that can dynamically list the contents of a folder?

Answer 1

+2 A:

jQuery will run on the viewer's browser, and therefore cannot see any files or folders or network shares. Javascript is not allowed filesystem access. You will need to do this from the server's end, and that usually means within the file (as you said PHP). Any webserver could do it, you dont even have to use wordpress, just try linking directly to the folder and Apache or IIS should construct an index page.

Karl 2010-03-16 13:35:49

+1 for *linking directly to the folder*. Keep it simple.

Gordon 2010-03-16 13:38:48

Answer 2

A:

Karl is right, the best way to do it is in a server side programming language.

However if you still want it in JS, you could use ActiveX, to my knowledge it will work only in IE and you will have to overcome some security boundaries.

CodeProject tutorial

Alexandru Luchian 2010-03-16 13:42:53

Answer 3

+3 A:

A quick way to do this is to use one of Apache httpd's core features and modify the configuration file httpd.conf to include the "Indexes" keyword in a "Directory" entry like this:

<Directory /var/www/html/company/memo/folder>
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
</Directory>

This will cause a directory listing of files to be shown with links generated to any of the files, and grant access based on the file permissions. Restart your web server after you make the change, and you are good to go.

Vernon 2010-03-16 13:47:57

Answer 4

A:

You might have better luck on the WP forums, but between the Exec-PHP plugin and PHP5's scandir, you ought to be able to get something together. (check out the user comments on the scandir page too. Especially if you're stuck with PHP4)

Andy Ford 2010-03-16 13:55:05

Answer 5

+1 A:

Here is an example. Obviously change the directory you are going to want to open, and instead of alerting the results, you can populate a div or page or whatever you need.

<?php
if($_POST['list']){
    if($handle = opendir('.')){
        echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
        echo "Files: \n";
        while(($file = readdir($handle))!=false)echo "$file\n";
    }
    closedir($handle);
    exit;
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="include/js/jQuery/jquery-1.4.1.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(function(){
                jQuery.post('test.php?', {list: 1}, function(response){
                    alert(response);
                    });
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>

caligoanimus 2010-03-16 15:50:12

Thanks for the responses guys. I'll give it a shot and see what I can come up with.

2010-03-16 17:50:00

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