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RE: How to list the contents of a folder on a web server?

JS — Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:25 pm

Author: JS

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:25 pm

Alternatively, if you can't do htaccess but have PHP, then the following would work as a simple, minimal index.php:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title> PHP index lister </title>
</head>
<body>
<h1> Directory listing </h1>
<?

# Change the . below to another directory name
# if you want to list the contents of a different directory
$handle = opendir('.');

if ($handle) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
   # The if clause below is only necessary
   # if you don't want to list this file and hidden files
   # (Leaving it is a good idea)
   if (($file[0] != ".") and ($file != "index.php"))
   {
      print "<a href=\"$file\">$file</a><br />\n";
   }
}
}
closedir($handle);
?>
</body>
</html>

I've used it (well, a slightly modified version) myself, and it works for me.

RE: How to list the contents of a folder on a web server?

M0PHP — Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:02 pm

Author: M0PHP

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:02 pm

If you have access to the server then it is fairly easy - just enable directory listings

To expand on that - if it's Apache and you do have access to the server config - just put this line in the directory configuration of the Apache config:

Code:

Options Indexes

Or you could also add that very same line to a .htaccess file (in the directory you want listings of) if you don't have access to the server but are still allowed htaccess.

How to list the contents of a folder on a web server?

nitromaster — Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:42 pm

Author: nitromaster

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:42 pm

title says it all,

is this possible?