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PHP File Handling with PHP Basic File Handling Reading Files

samsor ithnin
samsor ithnin
3,175 Points
Posted by samsor ithnin
samsor ithnin
3,175 Points

please i am stuck at challenge task 2 of 3

if file name content the string " fun".surrounded it with h3 tag. i still couldn't find the answer about this question. it just saying " do not see all required content.

index.php 
<?php
$files = scandir( 'example' );

if( strpos($files,'fun') !== false){
  echo '<h3>fun</h3>';
}

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Samsor

The scandir() function returns an array containing all of the files within the example directory. In order to check for the string fun within each file, you must do so within some sort of loop.

foreach ($files as $file) {
    // do something with $file
}

There's a minor issue with your code. You are supposed to echo out the name of the file, $file, between the H3 tags, not the string fun.

foreach ($files as $file) {
    if (strpos($file, 'fun') !== false) {
      echo '<h3>fun</h3>'; // fix this to echo out the value of $file instead of fun
    }
}