Susan It appears that you will want to use a database. and update it when the files are removed. (possibly provide a page to do uploading, modifications and deletions with .. this way you can automate the db)
other than that you will have to recreate everything each time you process or display the file list. and dont read the file into the db unless your gonna do the modifications there just store a reference link in the db that way your overhead stays small. Chris > The problem with using a database is the files within the directory are > changing on, sometimes, a minute by minute basis. I think reading them into > the database then deleting them when they are deleted from the directory > would be a huge amount of overhead. No? > > Something else which I did not make clear in my previous post; when the > files are removed from the directory I no longer want them displaying in my > web page. > > Susan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php