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Build dynamic links

Hey guys,
I'm trying to do something I can normally do in C language, but in PHP and having some issues. Might be my C way of thinking!

Basically, I'm scanning a directory for filenames, and then I want to dynmiacially build a html link with that filename in it...But, I need to save the value as $_SESSION[] info so I can use it in the next page that the link refers too...if that makes sense...

		$handle ="";
		$count=0;
		if ($handle = opendir('../videos')) 
		{
		    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) 
			{
				if (($file == ".") || ($file == "..")) { continue; };
		        
				if (stripos($file, "flv"))
				{
                                        //in C i can append an integer (with some work) to the end of a variable name. So each iteration of the loop the variable will be called $link1, $link2, $link3 and so on. 

					$link.$count = $file;
					$count++;
				}
					
				}

		    }
		    closedir($handle);

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doyle007

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Kshna - Your method works. In the meantime however I did workout how to do it...

		
			<?php
			//Scan the Directory for videos and save them
			$handle ="";
			$link[]="";
			$count=0;
			
		if ($handle = opendir('videos')) 
		{
		    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) 
			{
				if (($file == ".") || ($file == "..")) 
				{ 
					continue; 
				};
				
				if (stripos($file, "flv"))
				{
					$link[$count] = $file;
					$count++;
				}
		    }
		    closedir($handle);

//Display the links of the videos to CLICK
			$count2=0;
			echo "<h1>The following videos are available to you...</h1>";
			while ($count2 <= $count)
			{	
				echo "<br>";
				echo  "<a href=\"http:/blah.com/index.php?video=$link[$count2]\">".$link[$count2]."</a>";	
				echo "<br>";
				$count2++;	
			}
		}

			?>

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Then I just do this in the next page

	if(isset($_GET['video']))
			{
			    $videoToDisplay = $_GET['video'];
			echo "href=\"http://blah.com/seiftube/videos/".$videoToDisplay."\"";	

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doyle007

ASKER

I know that the $link.$count was saving nothing...in C you can append an int (convert it to string fist) to a variable by using sprintf so the variable would be

$link1 =
$link2 =
$link3 =

then I could use $link1 or $link2 where I please....is a bit diff in php....cheers.