Question

I have a name in a database, lets say its ‘DFectuoso’ and some legacy system stored DFectuoso_randomnameofafile.doc.

Now I want to find all the filed ‘DFectuoso’ owns and display links to them in a PHP page.

What would be the way to start on this?

Answer 1

I’d try with glob() in combination with readfile().

Off the top of my head:

$findname = 'DFectuoso'; foreach (glob('/path/to/somewhere/'.$findname.'*') as $file) {   provide_a_link_to($file); } 

and just pass the file with readfile().

Remember, if you are using $_GET to pass the chosen file to the user, sanitize and validate the permissions first. Don’t do just readfile($_GET['chosenFile']); or you’ll get in trouble!