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Load Folder into PHP array

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Loops through all files of a certain extension in the specified directory. Can be used to list all images in a given directory.

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<?php 
$root = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"];
$path = "/NCCDC/test/docs"; 
 
$allowed = array('jpg','gif','png'); /* file extension that you want to keep */ 
 
$iterator = new DirectoryIterator($root.$path);
/* See php documentation on iterator */
foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {
    if ($fileinfo->isFile()) {
         $path = $fileinfo->getPathname();
         $filename = $fileinfo->getFilename(); /*filename like 'picture1.jpg' */
         $info = pathinfo($filename); 
         $ext =  $info['extension']; /* extension like 'jpg' */
         $filename_noext =  basename($filename,'.'.$ext);/*filename without extension like 'picture1' */
         /* Test to see if extension is allowed */
         if (in_array($ext, $allowed)){
            echo "<a href='$path'>$filename_noext</a><br/> \n";
         }
    }
}
?>