PHP List Content of .txt files from folder [closed] - php

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On my website, I have an upload story feature with a user written title and story. It uploads it as a text file in a directory. Is there a way to list the content of these files using php or anything? Also, I'd like to only show like 200 chars of the story, and have a 'show full story' button, that would show the full story (I'll use jQuery for this).
Thanks!

Answer 1

$dataArray = array();
//Number of chars for the string
$num = 200;
//Check if DIR exists
if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
//Loop over the directory
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
//Strip out the . and .. files
if ($file != "." && $entry != "..") {
$dataArray[] = array();
//Store file contents
$filecontent = file_get_contents($file);
//Split the content and store in array
$length = strlen($filecontent);
$dataArray[] = array(substr($filecontent, 0, $num), substr($filecontent, $num, $length ));
}
}
//close the dir
closedir($handle);
}
With this you get an array with all the content of your .txt files, splittet into 2 Strings, one with 200 chars the other with the rest.
The string with 200 length is $dataArray[x][0] and the other is $dataArray[x][1].
Now you can use this in HTML:
<?php foreach($dataArray as $data) { ?>
<div class="visible">
<?php echo $data[0]; ?>
</div>
<div class="hidden">
<?php echo $data[1]; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

Answer 2

in php.net:
to open a directory:
opendir() http://php.net/manual/en/function.opendir.php
$dir = opendir('/path/to/files');
to read the directory (you can loop):
readdir() http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php
while (false !== ($file= readdir($dir))) {
//$file has the filename
}
to get the content of a file:
file_get_contents() http://php.net/manual/es/function.file-get-contents.php
$content=file_get_contents($file);