Directory listing in PHP

Below example, reads directory information and display the listed files.

  1: <?php

  2:   

  3: function list_files($dir)

  4: {

  5:     if(is_dir($dir))

  6:     {

  7:         if($handle = opendir($dir))

  8:         {

  9:             while(($file = readdir($handle)) !== false)

 10:             {

 11:                 if($file != "." &amp;&amp; $file != ".." &amp;&amp; $file != "Thumbs.db"/*pesky windows, images..*/)

 12:                 {

 13:                     echo '<a target="_blank" href="'.$dir.$file.'">'.$file.'</a><br>'."
";

 14:                 }

 15:             }

 16:             closedir($handle);

 17:         }

 18:     }

 19: }

 20:  

 21: /*

 22: To use:

 23:   

 24: <?php

 25:     list_files("images/");

 26: ?>

 27: */

 28: ?>