Question

I like to get a dir listing in php

glob("*.jpg");

or

$dir    = '.'; //requested directory to read
$notthat = array('.', '..');  //what not to include
$listedfiles = array_diff(scandir($dir), $notthat); // removed what not to include

so i like to send that array to a javascript like that (slides = $listedfiles)

function startSlideshow(slides) { .. do something..}

What is the best way to do that ?

Answer 1

json_encode is your friend for this. No looping is necessary. It will return a pure json object string that you can then just echo into your js file using PHP. Example:

var slides = <?php echo json_encode( $filelistarray );?>
function startSlideshow(slides) { .. do something..}