Dynamic links to files

Hi,
i am working on a page which should dynamically link to a pdf file and a window media file.
I have designed the multiple upload form and the page that displays all the records in the database.
The issue is how do i link particular pdf/video to corresponding files so that on click pdf it opens the pdf file and on click the window media it opens a browser that displays the corresponding video file.
Trusting you for a solution.
Regards
Yomi

Hi Yomi,
you´ll need to have PHP extract the file suffix
(usually a period followed by 3 chars, like .pdf or .wmv) from the recordset value which represents the "file" column, and establish a PHP if/else condition which returns different links depending on the result -- the PHP function "substr" (http://de2.php.net/substr) will be of great help, example:
if (substr(strtolower($row_rsqueryname['column_name']), -4) == ".pdf") {
display link to the PDF file
else if (substr(strtolower($row_rsqueryname['column_name']), -4) == ".wmv") {
display link to a popup window playing the wmv file
Cheers,
Günter Schenk
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver

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