Apache, PHP on external HD?
I'm creating a local network via airport for displaying photo galleries in relative real-time. I'll be exporting each gallery from lightroom to a folder within a firewire drive (we'll call this the 'event folder') connected the main machine. I will be using other machines connected via airport so that people can view any gallery listed within the event folder. I need to, now, figure out a way to easily allow those other machines to view a list of the galleries and view them. Additional galleries will be added throughout the day. I determined, with some advice, that this could be done using a web page that lists the gallery folders within the event folder. Gallery folders will each have their own index.html file as created by lightroom.
I've been working with someone who tried to write me up some php code to make it work, however, he said I need to have apache and php installed. I've enabled web sharing, but that still didn't allow the code he provided to work.
Do I need to somehow install apache and php on that hard drive directly or is there something else I need to do?
Also, if anyone has any comments or suggestions for a solution to my main objective, please opine. I'm very open to suggestions. Please remember, coding/scripting languages are gibberish to me, but I am very good at following directions. Here also are two different version of php that my friend provided to accomplish this project. Feel free to inspect it and comment.
<?php
$current_dir = "$DOCUMENT_ROOT"."dirname/"; //Put in second part, the directory - without a leading slash but with a trailing slash!
$dir = opendir($current_dir); // Open the sucker
echo ("<p><h1>List of available files:</h1></p><hr><br />");
while ($file = readdir($dir)) // while loop
{
$parts = explode(".", $file); // pull apart the name and dissect by period
if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) > 1) { // does the dissected array have more than one part
$extension = end($parts); // set to we can see last file extension
if ($extension == "ext" OR $extension == "EXT") // is extension ext or EXT ?
echo "<a href=\"$file\" target=\"_blank\"> $file </a><br />"; // If so, echo it out else do nothing cos it's not what we want
}
}
echo "<hr><br />";
closedir($dir); // Close the directory after we are done
?>
This can be used to list certain file extensions. If you want it to list all files, use this code:
<?php
$current_dir = "$DOCUMENT_ROOT"."dirname/"; //Put in second part, the directory - without a leading slash but with a trailing slash!
$dir = opendir($current_dir); // Open the sucker
echo ("<p><h1>List of available files:</h1></p><hr><br />");
while ($file = readdir($dir)) // while loop
{
echo "<a href=\"$file\" target=\"_blank\"> $file </a><br />"; // creates link to file
}
echo "<hr><br />";
closedir($dir); // Close the directory after we are done
?>
Remember to change "dirname/" to the directory you want to list. If you want to place the php file in the directory you want listed, eliminate "dirname/" and leave it "/"
I've been working with someone who tried to write me up some php code to make it work, however, he said I need to have apache and php installed. I've enabled web sharing, but that still didn't allow the code he provided to work.
Do I need to somehow install apache and php on that hard drive directly or is there something else I need to do?
Also, if anyone has any comments or suggestions for a solution to my main objective, please opine. I'm very open to suggestions. Please remember, coding/scripting languages are gibberish to me, but I am very good at following directions. Here also are two different version of php that my friend provided to accomplish this project. Feel free to inspect it and comment.
<?php
$current_dir = "$DOCUMENT_ROOT"."dirname/"; //Put in second part, the directory - without a leading slash but with a trailing slash!
$dir = opendir($current_dir); // Open the sucker
echo ("<p><h1>List of available files:</h1></p><hr><br />");
while ($file = readdir($dir)) // while loop
{
$parts = explode(".", $file); // pull apart the name and dissect by period
if (is_array($parts) && count($parts) > 1) { // does the dissected array have more than one part
$extension = end($parts); // set to we can see last file extension
if ($extension == "ext" OR $extension == "EXT") // is extension ext or EXT ?
echo "<a href=\"$file\" target=\"_blank\"> $file </a><br />"; // If so, echo it out else do nothing cos it's not what we want
}
}
echo "<hr><br />";
closedir($dir); // Close the directory after we are done
?>
This can be used to list certain file extensions. If you want it to list all files, use this code:
<?php
$current_dir = "$DOCUMENT_ROOT"."dirname/"; //Put in second part, the directory - without a leading slash but with a trailing slash!
$dir = opendir($current_dir); // Open the sucker
echo ("<p><h1>List of available files:</h1></p><hr><br />");
while ($file = readdir($dir)) // while loop
{
echo "<a href=\"$file\" target=\"_blank\"> $file </a><br />"; // creates link to file
}
echo "<hr><br />";
closedir($dir); // Close the directory after we are done
?>
Remember to change "dirname/" to the directory you want to list. If you want to place the php file in the directory you want listed, eliminate "dirname/" and leave it "/"
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