Question

I have a php script that will echo a list of files from a folder and display them randomly on my page.

At the moment it displays the url of the file for example: what-can-cause-tooth-decay.php

Qusetion: is there a way to remove the dashes – and .php from the results so that it would diplay:

what can cause tooth decay Instead of what-can-cause-tooth-decay.php

<?php 

if ($handle = opendir('health')) {
    $fileTab = array();
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            $fileTab[] = $file; 
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
    shuffle($fileTab);
    foreach($fileTab as $file) {
        $thelist .= '<p><a href="../health/'.$file.'">'.$file.'</a></p>';
    }
}
?>
<?=$thelist?>

Thanks

<?php 

if ($handle = opendir('health')) {
    $fileTab = array();
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            $fileTab[$file] = strtr(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_FILENAME), '-', ' '); 
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
    shuffle($fileTab);
    foreach(array_slice($fileTab, 0, 10) as $file) {
        $thelist .= '<p><a href="../health/'.$file.'">'.$file.'</a></p>';
    }
}
?>
<?=$thelist?>

Answer 1

The problem is two-fold:

1. Strip the extension from the file,
2. Replace dashes with spaces.

The below should work just fine for you:

$fileTab[] = strtr(pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_FILENAME), '-', ' ');

See also: strtr() pathinfo()

Update

From another answer I’ve gathered that you additionally wish to select a random set of 10 files to show; the below code should do just that:

foreach(array_slice($fileTab, 0, 10) as $file) {