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News lister: 
Lists files in a directory and sorts by Month.
Use this script along with the editpage script and some directory
password protection to make a very happy client...

This script requires one file:

1. Code.
<script language="php">
echo "<html>\n<head>\n<title>Directory Listing: ".dirname($PHP_SELF)."</title>\n</head>\n<body>\n<ul>\n";
$categories = array();
eregi(".*/([^/]*)$", $PHP_SELF, $namematch);
if (is_readable(getcwd())) {
        $handle=opendir(getcwd());
        while (($file = readdir($handle))!==false) if (!eregi("(^\.|^".$namematch[1]."$)", $file)) $categories[] = $file;
        closedir($handle); 
        sort ($categories);
        for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($categories); $i++) {
                echo "<li><a href=\"".$categories[$i]."\">".$categories[$i]."</a><br>\n";
        }
}
else echo "<li><b>Error</b>: need read permission for directory!\n";
echo "</ul>\n</body>\n</html>\n";
</script>


2. Simply create a directory, throw in a batch of files, and a web page with code above and stir. 
Notes:
   a. Make sure your HTML file has a .php extension, not .html.
   b. Make sure the directory is readable.
   c. Make sure not to break up lines when copying the code. There should be 16 lines altogether.



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