include(); - make it include all files in directory?

include(); multiple files, include directory

[al1911]

i want to include(); a number of files that all reside in the same directory, but the names of the files change and every now and then a new file is touched and an old one is unlinked. is there a way i can just tell php to include all files in the given directory, regardless of what they are and what their names are?

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, al1911.

I suppose you could loop through the directory and include them that way...

$d = dir("/path/to/my/includes"); 
while (false!== ($filename = $d->read())) { 
 if (substr($filename, -4) == '.inc') { // whatever your includes extensions are 
  // print them for now: 
  print "$filename\n"; 
  // include them once you like what you see: 
  // include "$filename"; 
 } 
} 
$d->close(); 
exit;

[al1911]

thanks,
it's the while statement i need to learn more about
your post really helped, i tried it and that code (modified a little) does exactly what i need to do.
thanks again

[coopster]

Sure. Dig into those functions and get to know them. The while [php.net] loop is something you are going to use quite often.