JavaScript (Possibly) Help

Question

Hello all.
I need help on a simple script!
Basically, I’m trying to make a very easy way to create
an automated TEXT menu/index page that builds when a file is added
within the same directory. So in theory, if file XXX.swf is added
to a folder (root directory of index document), it will be
displayed as a ‘_self’ text link, that is styled with
CSS, when the said document is opened – alphabetically I
guess (file name and extension would be fine).
It seems simple in my mind, but wouldn’t be surprised
if the code is a bit lengthy, so even if anyone knows of a
tutorial, a link would be most appreciated.
Many thanks,
Lucy

Answer 1

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:50:06 +0000 (UTC), "Lucy Xerge"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Basically, I?m trying to make a very easy way to create
an automated menu that
>builds when a file is added within the same directory. So
in theory, if file
>XXX.swf is added to a folder (root directory of index PHP
document), it will be
>displayed as a ?_self? link when the said document is
refreshed ?
>alphabetically I guess.
Try this test page (I use jpg images because I don't use
Flash menus
and have nothing to test with):
i) Open up a new .php page and above the DOCTYPE put in this
code:
<?php
function get_menuarray($this_subdir) {
$menufiles_array = array();
if (is_dir($this_subdir)) {
if ($dh = opendir($this_subdir)) {
while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
if (is_file ($this_subdir."/".$file) &&
eregi("\.jpg",$file)) {
$menufiles_array[] = $file;
closedir($dh);
return $menufiles_array;
?>
ii) NOTE: if you want to use .swf files just replace the
reference to
.jpg in the above code
iii) Put this in the the body of the page:
<table width="100" border="0" cellspacing="1"
cellpadding="0">
<?php
$myMenu = get_menuarray(menufiles);
foreach ($myMenu as $value) {
$tmp = explode(".", $value);
$thisLink = $tmp[0].".php";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><a href=\"$thisLink\"><img
src=\"menufiles/$value\"
alt=\"\"></a></td>";
echo "</tr>";
?>
iv) In a folder called menufiles put in your menu images (or
swf) - I
named mine a.jpg, b.jpg etc
v) Run the page. You'll see it makes a table with jpg menu
items and
autolinks them to a page with the same name as the menu
image. eg
a.jpg links to a.php, b.jpg links to b.php etc
I have zipped my test files here if you want them:
http://www.flyingtiger-dev.com/automenu.zip
I am not suggesting this is in any way a definitive solution
- it is
of course quite limited - but it should set you on the right
track.
Hope this helps.
Steve
steve at flyingtigerwebdesign dot com