search directory for a file, search directory for a file |
search directory for a file, search directory for a file |
antamr904 |
May 4 2012, 07:54 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 4-May 12 Member No.: 17,049 |
hi all,
i am very new to html and any web scripting lang so please be patient with me. what i am trying to accomplish is: i have a basic html page with a text box and a search button. i would like for the user to type a computer name in the text box field then hit search the search button would: search a local directory called (inv) for a txt file named %computername%.txt on the web server then display the contents of that txt file in a iframe. again i am very new to any type of web scripting language, please let me know if this can be accomplished any other way. thank you in advance!! here is what i have so far: <html> <body> <center> <h1>Computer Inventory</h1> </center> <br> <br> <br> <h3>Search</h3> Computer Name: <br> <input type="text" name="SearchInv" size="50"> <input id=runbutton class="button" type="button" value="Find" name="run_button" onClick="RunScript"> <br> <h3>Here is the computers inventory:</h3> <iframe src="inv/0171afaugno.txt" width="1000" height="500" align="left"> </body> </html> |
Ephraim F. Moya |
May 4 2012, 10:22 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 167 Joined: 2-September 07 From: New Mexico Member No.: 3,702 |
In php there is an instruction called file_exists( 'filename.and.type' ) which just returns a true or false if the 'fliename.and.type' file exists.
This can be used to implement a search for the desired file. if( file_exists( '/path/to/inv/file2.txt' ) ) { perform whatever; } This post has been edited by Ephraim F. Moya: May 4 2012, 10:26 PM |
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