Search files in multiple directories using PHP
Question
I wrote some script a while ago, basically search a specified folder on the server and returns a list of the images in that folder. The directory was set via a variable which changed depending on which section you were searching.
But now I need to amend this in a way in which it will search all of the directories and list the images from various directories.
Here is the script I currently use:
<?php
$dir = "assets/folder1/subfolder1/";
// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)) {
if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
if(stristr($file,$_POST['image_search'])){
echo('<li><a href="/'.$dir . $file.'">'. $file .'</a></li>'."\n");
}
}
closedir($dh);
}
}
?>
That searches assets/folder1/ no problem, but I also have (folder1/subfolder2, folder2/subfolder1, folder2/subfolder2/ etc etc)
Thinking there must be some kind of wildcard search on directories etc, but really struggling to think around it!
I thought something like glob could help out, but not much luck with that either
$dir = glob("/assets/*/*/");
3 answers
solution1
0 2013-09-18 10:56:59
As far as I am aware you'd need to iterate over everything and check if is_dir() . I'd suggest using object for this such as:
$dir = new Folder('/');
$contents = $dir->find('*');
foreach ($contents as $content) {
if (is_dir($content)) {
//do something
}
}
You can only make it search for certain directories too, just fix the wild card.
solution2
0 2013-09-18 11:02:17
If i understand it correctly, you could use glob function
$dir = '/path/to/directory/';
$files = glob( $dir."*.{jpg,gif,png}", GLOB_BRACE );
solution3
0 2015-12-06 16:54:37
<?php
/***********************************************************************
* @name AnyWhereInFiles
* @author Faisal Shaikh
* @abstract This project is to find out a part of string from anywhere in any folder
* @version 1.0
* @package anywhereinfiles
*
*
*
*
*************************************************************************/
session_start();
?>
<title>Any where In Files || AnyWhereInFiles.php</title>
<head>
<style>
h1{color: #233E99;}
td{ font-size:11px; font-family:arial;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #fff;}
a{font-size:11px; font-family:arial;}
.me{font-size:11px; font-family:arial;color:#333;}
</style>
</head>
<h1>AnyWhereInFiles.php</h1>
<form action="<?php
echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>" method="POST">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><label for="search">String </label></td>
<td><input id="search" type="text" name="search" placeholder="Enter your string" value="<?php
if (isset($_SESSION['searchString']) && $_SESSION['searchString'] != null)
echo $_SESSION['searchString'];
?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="directory">Folder </label></td>
<td><input id="directory" type="text" name="directory" value="<?php
echo getcwd();
?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="case">Case Sensitive </label></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="case" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><label for="maxtime">Max Execution Time </label></td>
<td><input type="text" name="maxtime" value="30"/></td>
<td>Do not change the value if you do not have an idea about it.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" value="Search the string" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>
<?php
function getDirContents($dir, &$results = array())
{
if ($_POST['search'] == null)
exit;
ini_set('max_execution_time', $_POST['maxtime']);
$_SESSION['searchString'] = $_POST['search'];
echo "<script>var elm = document.getElementById('search');elm.value='$_POST[search]';</script>";
if (!isset($_POST['case']))
$string = strtolower($_POST['search']);
else
$string = $_POST['search'];
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach ($files as $key => $value) {
$path = realpath($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $value);
if (!is_dir($path)) {
$content = file_get_contents($path);
if (!isset($_POST['case']))
$content = strtolower(file_get_contents($path));
if (strpos($content, $string) !== false) {
echo $path . "<br>";
}
$results[] = $path;
} else if ($value != "." && $value != "..") {
getDirContents($path, $results);
$results[] = $path;
}
}
return $results;
}
if (isset($_POST['directory']))
getDirContents($_POST['directory']);
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
//@endof file anywhereinfiles.php
//@note if you have query, need, idea, help; feel free to contact f.shaikh1993@gmail.com
?>
<br/>
<br/>
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<br />
<a href="https://github.com/skfaisal93/AnyWhereInFiles">https://github.com/skfaisal93/AnyWhereInFiles</a>
</span>
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