On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:48:13 -0500, Joseph Koenig wrote:
>Well - I just spoke with the client and apparently only one
directory
>was going to create that problem so they're just going to rename the
>directory. I guess I should have tried that solution first. However,
>is
>there a way to read the string up to the point where the numbers
>start?
>For example, pull "AS" out of "ASxxxxx" and "MAS" out of "MASxxxxx"?
>I
>looked through the string functions and didn't really see anything
to
>promising. Something like is_letter() would be cool :) Thanks,
ereg_replace("[0-9]+","",$filename);
>Joe
>
>Joseph Koenig wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone -- I'm just a little bit stumped on this. I've got
>>some
>> files that are available for user download, however, the files are
>>in
>> different directories. The file names are based on the item number
>>which
>> is available. For example, item number "AS1000-01" is in directory
>>"AS"
>> and is named "AS1000-01.xxx" -- All files will have the same
>>extension.
>> That's no problem. Where I'm confused is not all of the
>>directories are
>> 2 letter names. For example, file "BSEB10-010" is in the "BSE"
>> directory. Some directories are 4 characters long -- all except
the
>> BSEB**-*** files match their directory names until the file name
>> contains a number (ASxxxx is in "AS", MASxxxx is in "MAS", etc). I
>>need
>> this script to be as dynamic as possible. I don't want to set up
>>arrays
>> of directory names or anything. Can I run through the string of
>>item
>> numbers until I hit a numeric character, and then check that
>>substring
>> to see if it's a directory? If it doesn't match exactly is there a
>>way
>> to search for that file in directories that almost match? Any
>>ideas? Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>
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