{"id":1580,"date":"2014-05-04T09:16:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T09:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portfolio.arnoldbiffna.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2025-09-24T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:35:06","slug":"getdirectoryandfilesinfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.arnoldbiffna.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/04\/getdirectoryandfilesinfo\/","title":{"rendered":"getDirectoryAndFilesInfo"},"content":{"rendered":"

An expanded version of the getDirectory<\/a> call, but also uses the file name as a key to more information in the database. This is useful for describing media such as video, sound, and pictures. It’s part of my MediaService class in AMFPHP.<\/p>\n

To try it out:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. go to\u00a0http:\/\/as3.actionscriptdude.com\/amfphp\/browser\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Click on MediaService<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. click on getDirectoryAndFilesInfo<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
  4. for the\u00a0dir_<\/em> parameter, type in public\/vids<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. click on\u00a0Submit Query<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. You should see a list of objects containing information about each video file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>
    \nThis is used in the     Video Playlist <\/a>example.<\/p>\n

    PHP Source:<\/p>\n

    \ngetDirectoryAndFilesInfo($dir_)\n{\n  \/\/ create an array to hold directory list\n  $result = array();\n  $directory=\"..\/..\/\" . $dir_;\n  result = array();\n  \/\/ create a handler for the directory\n  $handler = opendir($directory);\n  \/\/do not allow if directory contains \"..\" SECURITY BREACH!\n  $breach = strpos($dir_,\"..\");\n  if ($breach === false\u00a0 ) {\n\n    \/\/ keep going until all files in directory have been read\n    while ($file = readdir($handler)) {\n      if ($file != '.' && $file != '..')\n      {\n        $path_parts = pathinfo($file);\n        $ext=strtolower($path_parts[\"extension\"]);\n        $fObj=array();\n        $fObj[\"name\"]=$file;\n        $fObj[\"size\"]= filesize($directory . \"\/\" . $file);\n        $fObj[\"extension\"]=$ext;\n        $fObj[\"isdir\"]=is_dir($directory . \"\/\" . $file);\n\n        if ($fObj[\"isdir\"] || $ext==\"flv\" || $ext==\"jpg\" || $ext==\"mp3\" || $ext==\"png\")\n        {\n\n          $sql2=\"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM comments WHERE file= '$file'\";\n          $query2 = mysql_query($sql2);\n          $getrow2 =\u00a0 mysql_fetch_array($query2);\n          $fObj[\"commentcount\"]=$getrow2[0];\n\n          $sql=\"SELECT *\u00a0 FROM filedetails WHERE filename= '\" . $file . \"'\";\n          $query = mysql_query($sql);\n          $getrow =\u00a0 mysql_fetch_array($query);\n          $fObj[\"lookup\"] = $getrow ;\n\n          array_push($result,$fObj);\n        }\n      }\n    }\n\n    \/\/ tidy up: close the handler\n    closedir($handler);\n  }\n  return $result;\n}\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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