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Re: randomly sorting files in php [message #180590 is a reply to message #180581]

Mon, 04 March 2013 02:59

Cal Dershowitz
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Registered: February 2013

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On 02/28/2013 10:54 PM, David Robley wrote:

> Have a look at these functions for starters:
>
> rand()
> array_rand()
> shuffle()
>

Alright, David, I'm pleased with how far I've gotten with this so far

$ pwd
/var/www
$ ls
CCE0-705F index.html read_dir1.php read_dir3.php read_dir5.php
date.php music1 read_dir1.php~ read_dir3.php~ read_dir5.php~
date.php~ music1.sh read_dir2.php read_dir4.php test.php
hello.php music1.sh~ read_dir2.php~ read_dir4.php~ Untitled Document
$ cat read_dir4.php
<?php

function getFilesFromDir($dir) {

$files = array();
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
if(is_dir($dir.'/'.$file)) {
$dir2 = $dir.'/'.$file;
$files[] = getFilesFromDir($dir2);
}
else {
$files[] = $dir.'/'.$file;
}
}
}
closedir($handle);
}

return array_flat($files);
}

function array_flat($array) {

foreach($array as $a) {
if(is_array($a)) {
$tmp = array_merge($tmp, array_flat($a));
}
else {
$tmp[] = $a;
}
}

return $tmp;
}

// Usage
$dir = 'music1';
$foo = getFilesFromDir($dir);

print_r($foo);
?>
$

This is my fourth version of this script, obviously written primarily by
someone with more experience.

The output is tremendous, and the next step is to use a regex to knock
off leading numbers and underscores. I have a simple question.

Given that you have the data in an array that is instantiated like this,
how does one use best php form to use a regex on the whole thing?
--
Cal

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		randomly sorting files in php By: Cal Dershowitz on Fri, 01 March 2013 01:49
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 01 March 2013 04:45
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Cal Dershowitz on Fri, 01 March 2013 06:23
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: David Robley on Fri, 01 March 2013 06:54
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Cal Dershowitz on Mon, 04 March 2013 02:59
		getting perl and php to talk to each other, was Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Cal Dershowitz on Tue, 05 March 2013 09:19
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other, was Re: randomly sorting files in php By: M. Strobel on Tue, 05 March 2013 18:43
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other, was Re: randomly sorting files in php By: The Natural Philosoph on Tue, 05 March 2013 19:20
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Ben Morrow on Tue, 05 March 2013 22:06
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Tue, 05 March 2013 23:20
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Ben Morrow on Tue, 05 March 2013 23:59
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 06 March 2013 01:01
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 06 March 2013 01:08
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 07 March 2013 06:37
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Ben Morrow on Thu, 07 March 2013 06:57
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 07 March 2013 08:52
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 07 March 2013 13:17
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:41
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:14
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 14 March 2013 12:06
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jrgen Exner on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:18
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Scott Johnson on Thu, 14 March 2013 12:38
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Ben Morrow on Thu, 07 March 2013 14:25
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 07 March 2013 13:14
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Wed, 06 March 2013 01:08
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 07 March 2013 06:53
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: M. Strobel on Thu, 07 March 2013 08:46
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: David Robley on Thu, 07 March 2013 11:13
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Peter H. Coffin on Thu, 07 March 2013 13:32
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: SwissCheese on Thu, 07 March 2013 11:28
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Ben Morrow on Thu, 07 March 2013 14:33
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 09:16
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:28
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: SwissCheese on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:51
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Mon, 18 March 2013 11:54
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: SwissCheese on Tue, 19 March 2013 00:23
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: alexd[1] on Thu, 07 March 2013 19:09
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Henry Law on Thu, 07 March 2013 20:09
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 09:23
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 07 March 2013 20:43
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Alastair Black on Thu, 07 March 2013 21:47
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: M. Strobel on Thu, 07 March 2013 22:11
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Alastair Black on Thu, 07 March 2013 22:50
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 08 March 2013 00:45
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 09:19
		Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:55
		where to put the binaries was Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:11
		Re: where to put the binaries was Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:12
		Re: where to put the binaries was Re: getting perl and php to talk to each other By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 14 March 2013 12:04
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 04 March 2013 10:45
		Re: randomly sorting files in php By: Cal Dershowitz on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:39

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