Files by extension

Returns all files from a given folder and filters them by a given extension
function get_files_by_ext($path, $ext){ $files = array(); if (is_dir($path)){ $handle = opendir($path); while ($file = readdir($handle)) { if ($file[0] == '.'){ continue; } if (is_file($path.$file) and preg_match('/\.'.$ext.'$/', $file)){ $files[] = $file; } } closedir($handle); sort($files); } return $files; } /* ** Example: */ print_r(get_files_by_ext('data/', 'txt')); /* returns: Array ( [0] => readme_1.txt [1] => readme_2.txt ) */ //Example: //dir_list('data/', 'txt'); => returns all *.txt files from the data/ folder

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Language: PHP | User: ShareMySnippets | Created: Oct 16, 2013