Xampp is the most useful piece of software I have on my computer, allowing me to test my websites and themes without having to be connected to the 'net.
Once you start working with more than one website however, you have to create extra sub-folders, which is fine, but then accessing the folders from your browser either means bookmarking your sites or typing the sub-folder name into the browser address bar.
Call me lazy, but I don't want to use bookmarks or type a folder name into my address bar. I decided I just wanted to have http://localhost configured as my browser homepage, and I wanted to simply replace the default xampp page with a new page that simply lists the important links like phpMyAdmin, and all my sub-folders. Worked lke a charm, except I still need to edit the links to add new sub-folders.
Now as fate would have it, I'm trying learn a little php so I can be more knowledgeable when talking to other s9y users in the forums. And to cut a long story short, my search for php tutorials led me to a short script that automatically searches my web folder for new sub-folders, then creates the links without any intervention from me.
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Manage your Xampp sub-folders
Monday, January 9. 2006
So what happens now is that my browser opens the index page in localhost, and it presents me with a list of links, you know the standard xampp links for phpmyadmin, phpinfo etc, and now it also provides me with a list of my sub-folders, which is always upto date.
The php script for the sub-folders is shown below;
Essentially the script reads all my sub-folder names, and if it isn't in the ignore list, it makes up a link to the sub-folder. It means I don't need to clutter my bookmarks or duplicate them across three browsers (Firefox, IE6, and Opera), I simply bookmark http://localhost, and click the link for the site I want.
The php script for the sub-folders is shown below;
<?php
$ignore_subfolders = array ('.','..','xampp');
$htdocs=opendir(".");
while ($file = readdir($htdocs)) {
if (is_dir($file) && !in_array($file,$ignore_subfolders)) {
$msg = '';
echo '<a href="'.$file.'"> '.$file.'</a><br />';
}
}
closedir($htdocs);
echo $msg;
?>
Essentially the script reads all my sub-folder names, and if it isn't in the ignore list, it makes up a link to the sub-folder. It means I don't need to clutter my bookmarks or duplicate them across three browsers (Firefox, IE6, and Opera), I simply bookmark http://localhost, and click the link for the site I want.
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dk70 said,
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