Array question

[jasonthomasfrance]

Hello,

I'm having some trouble understanding arrays... I've borrowed and rewritten scripting that gets the contents of a folder, sorts by file date, then prints out the contents.

I'm having trouble pulling certain information out, like only a certain number of files, and not the entire array.

I don't think I understand how my array is working... I grasp the keys/values but can't quite apply it to this code...

What I'd like to do is only print say the first 5 entries...

Here is the link to the page:
http://www.jasonthomasfrance.com/testscript/

And here is the coding I'm working with:

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<?php 

echo "This script gets all image files, sorts by date, and prints them out.  Next I'm working out how to display X number per page and traverse the pages...<br><br> \n";

$dir='thumbs';
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) 
{  
   $lasttime=0; 
   $images=array(); 
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) 
    {    
      if(is_file($file))$images[$file]=filemtime($file); 
    } 
} 
arsort($images,SORT_NUMERIC); 
reset($images); 
while(list($filenames,$v)=each($images)) 
echo "<a href=\"$filenames\"><img src=\"$dir/$filenames\" alt=\"$filenames\" border=\"0\"></a> \n";
$result = count ($images);
echo "<br><br>File count: $result <br>";

reset($images); 
for ($n = 0; $n < count($images); $n++) {
   $Line = each ($images);
   print ("$Line[0], ");
}
?>

[jasonthomasfrance]

Okay, using a for loop instead of a while will work...

for($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
list($filenames,$v)=each($images);

But can you pull a range out of an array? Like 5-10?

[them]

Hello,

An array is a list of data. You can look as it as a tabel. Every record has an unique identifier that could be a name but you can als call them bij the record nuber. If you have an array with this entry $array(Blue, Red, Green) you can call the value of red as $array[Red] but also as $array[1]. Keep in mind that it is counting up from 0 and not 1.

If you use this you can say he may only print out 5 items and than has to stop. Mak a hyperlink for next an previous or for the pages just add or remove 5 from you pointer and I think it wil work.

Good Luck

[jasonthomasfrance]

How do you mean add 5 to the pointer?

[them]

Let say you make a point that is standing as possition 0 now image 0 in te array will printed. In your site you say print picture 0 to 4. When you go to the next page you can count from 5 to 9 but whenm you go back you have to minus 10 (not 5 my fault) from the pointer to get back. And it works just like jason say's

[jasonthomasfrance]

All righty then. I got it figured out... With some serious help. *grin*

You can see it in action here: http://www.jasonthomasfrance.com/photos/

There's a couple bugs, but nothing too bad.

Here's the code:

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<?php
$dir='thumbs';
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) 
{  
   $lasttime=0; 
   $images=array(); 
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) 
    {    
      if(is_file($file))$images[$file]=filemtime($file); 
    } 
}
arsort($images,SORT_NUMERIC); 
reset($images); 

if($display <= 0)
{
    $display = 5;
}

if(empty($page) || $page == 0)
{
    $offset=0;
    $page = 1;
}
else
    $offset=($page - 1) * $display;

$pagetotal = count($images)?count($images):0;

if($pagetotal < 10)
    $dispay = $pagetotal ;

if($pagetotal > $display)
{
    if($pagetotal > $display)
    {
        $page1=$pagetotal/$display;
        $page2=$pagetotal % $display;

        if($page2 != 0)
            $pagetotal = intval($page1) + 1;
        else
            $pagetotal = (int)$page1;
    }
}  

$myArray = $images;
$start = ($page * $display) - $display;
$news = array_slice($myArray, $start, $display); 

foreach($news as $key=>$value)
{
    print("<a href=\"$key\"><img src=\"$dir/$key\" alt=\"$key\" border=\"0\"></a> \n");
} 

echo "<br><br>";

    if($page !=1)
    {
        $i = $page - 1;
        print "            <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?page=$i&display=$display\"> << prev</a>";
    }
    print " page $page of <b>$pagetotal</b> ";
    if($page != $pagetotal)
    {
        $i = $page + 1;
        print "            <a href=\"$PHP_SELF?page=$i&display=$display\">next>></a>";
    }

echo "<br><br><a href=\"index.as?page=$page&display=5\">5</a> | <a href=\"index.as?page=$page&display=10\">10</a> | <a href=\"index.as?page=$page&display=15\">15</a> | <a href=\"index.as?page=$page&display=20\">20</a>";

$result = count ($images);
echo "<br><br>this folder contains $result images<br>"; 
?>

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