[nassau]

i have a webpage with my own music on it.

i want to be able to make a text file containing the names of the songs, and have a PHP function in the index.php file access the text file and pull whatever content is in there.

let's say the text file looks like this:

song number one
track number two
tune number three
beat number four

i want the function to go though all the song names, couple them with the neccesary <a href> and mp3 data and display them on a page. the function needs to loop through the song names from beginning to end, regardless of the number of names.

i'm guessing the song name file could look something like this:

$item1= song number one
$item2= track number two
$item3= tune number three
$item4= beat number four

this is just an example, i don't know anything about $ and this type of php code so don't take it literary.

[sufyan]

You could have something like:

PHP Code:

<?

$songs = file('./songs.txt');

foreach ($songs as $song_num => $song)

{

    echo '<a href="' . htmlspecialchars($song) . '.mp3">' . $song_num . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($song) . '</a><br />';

}

?>

[nassau]

ok, thanks!
would you mind explain what the different functions do? like "$songs", "$song_num", "htmlspecialchars" etc. i can prolly figure it out but if u want to explain it would be great!

i'm a total newbie so please bear with me

[sufyan]

No problems.

As for what each function does, The PHP manual is very handy. Just go to php.net and enter a function in the text box on the top right hand corner and it'll tell you about that specific function.

For example, type in htmlspecialchars, and you should be taken to: http://au2.php.net/manual/en/control...es.foreach.php

$songs and $song_num are variables. To find out what they represent, look up the 'foreach' construct (the same way you would look up a function).

Hope this help. If you have any other question feel free to post them here.

[nassau]

hmm, i got "parse error"... i wonder what i'm doing wrong...