i have search values like “search value” (defined as $q) and .txt files called “search value.txt” in /mydir/ directory. How can i scandir /mydir/ for the search value ($q) and put the found .txt file with php include command into page? Or is it a better way to put $q value into php file_get_contents php code (i mean put them together like a txt filename like (q$.txt – searchvalue.txt somehow) and pull the content of the .txt file into page? If yes, how? Thanks in advance.
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Answer
Suppose you have this directory structure :
mydir --file1.tx --file2.tx index.php
index.php
$filepath = glob("mydir/*.txt");//read all txt files in data directory //print_r($filepath);//debug purpose $search = 'file1'; // Browse all files and search the $search string in filenames foreach ($filepath as $filename) { // Give us file name only without the extension $fileNameOnly = basename($filename, '.txt'); // Check if a file name only contains exactly our keyword $search $isExactMatch = preg_match("/b".$search."b/iu", $fileNameOnly); if ( $isExactMatch ) { // Include the .txt file as result require $filename; } }
Tested, it does the trick.