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I am using PHP to keep my webpage organized.



The directory looks like this:



root/folder/file1
root/folder/file2
root/folder/file3
root/index.php


Each file is very simple html doc with content containing a title tag, which I use to create a nav bar.



I want index.php to aggregate all the content from file1, file2 and file3, in addition to creating a nav bar up at the top.



The code I have achieves this successfully, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this in a practical way.



$domain = "domain/"
$dir = "folder/";
$files = scandir($dir);

// loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays
$contents = Array();
$titles = Array();
$ids = Array();
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($files); $x++) {
if ($files[$x] != "." && $files[$x] != "..") {
$filename = $domain . $dir . $files[$x];
$file = fopen($filename, "r");
$data = file_get_contents($filename);
array_push($contents, $data);

$regex = '#<title>(.*?)</title>#';
preg_match($regex, $data, $match);
$title = $match[1];
array_push($titles, $title);

$regex2 = '#( |-|,)#';
$id = preg_split($regex2, $title)[0];
array_push($ids, $id);
}
}

// the first loop sets the nav bar
echo "<div id='navigation'>";
echo "<ul>";
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
echo "<li><a href='#" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $titles[$x] . "</a></li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
echo "</div>";

// this second loop sets the contents
echo "<div id='content'>";
for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
echo "<div id='" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $contents[$x] . "</div>";
}
echo "</div>";


I like the idea of having all the content on one big page and the nav bar helps a lot when I'm viewing it on my phone.



Questions




  1. Are there any obvious problems with the way I am aggregating my files?

  2. Are there challenges I may encounter that I have not yet experienced?

  3. Is there a generally accepted way of doing this while achieving the same result?










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    $begingroup$


    I am using PHP to keep my webpage organized.



    The directory looks like this:



    root/folder/file1
    root/folder/file2
    root/folder/file3
    root/index.php


    Each file is very simple html doc with content containing a title tag, which I use to create a nav bar.



    I want index.php to aggregate all the content from file1, file2 and file3, in addition to creating a nav bar up at the top.



    The code I have achieves this successfully, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this in a practical way.



    $domain = "domain/"
    $dir = "folder/";
    $files = scandir($dir);

    // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays
    $contents = Array();
    $titles = Array();
    $ids = Array();
    for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($files); $x++) {
    if ($files[$x] != "." && $files[$x] != "..") {
    $filename = $domain . $dir . $files[$x];
    $file = fopen($filename, "r");
    $data = file_get_contents($filename);
    array_push($contents, $data);

    $regex = '#<title>(.*?)</title>#';
    preg_match($regex, $data, $match);
    $title = $match[1];
    array_push($titles, $title);

    $regex2 = '#( |-|,)#';
    $id = preg_split($regex2, $title)[0];
    array_push($ids, $id);
    }
    }

    // the first loop sets the nav bar
    echo "<div id='navigation'>";
    echo "<ul>";
    for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
    echo "<li><a href='#" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $titles[$x] . "</a></li>";
    }
    echo "</ul>";
    echo "</div>";

    // this second loop sets the contents
    echo "<div id='content'>";
    for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
    echo "<div id='" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $contents[$x] . "</div>";
    }
    echo "</div>";


    I like the idea of having all the content on one big page and the nav bar helps a lot when I'm viewing it on my phone.



    Questions




    1. Are there any obvious problems with the way I am aggregating my files?

    2. Are there challenges I may encounter that I have not yet experienced?

    3. Is there a generally accepted way of doing this while achieving the same result?










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      $begingroup$


      I am using PHP to keep my webpage organized.



      The directory looks like this:



      root/folder/file1
      root/folder/file2
      root/folder/file3
      root/index.php


      Each file is very simple html doc with content containing a title tag, which I use to create a nav bar.



      I want index.php to aggregate all the content from file1, file2 and file3, in addition to creating a nav bar up at the top.



      The code I have achieves this successfully, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this in a practical way.



      $domain = "domain/"
      $dir = "folder/";
      $files = scandir($dir);

      // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays
      $contents = Array();
      $titles = Array();
      $ids = Array();
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($files); $x++) {
      if ($files[$x] != "." && $files[$x] != "..") {
      $filename = $domain . $dir . $files[$x];
      $file = fopen($filename, "r");
      $data = file_get_contents($filename);
      array_push($contents, $data);

      $regex = '#<title>(.*?)</title>#';
      preg_match($regex, $data, $match);
      $title = $match[1];
      array_push($titles, $title);

      $regex2 = '#( |-|,)#';
      $id = preg_split($regex2, $title)[0];
      array_push($ids, $id);
      }
      }

      // the first loop sets the nav bar
      echo "<div id='navigation'>";
      echo "<ul>";
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
      echo "<li><a href='#" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $titles[$x] . "</a></li>";
      }
      echo "</ul>";
      echo "</div>";

      // this second loop sets the contents
      echo "<div id='content'>";
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
      echo "<div id='" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $contents[$x] . "</div>";
      }
      echo "</div>";


      I like the idea of having all the content on one big page and the nav bar helps a lot when I'm viewing it on my phone.



      Questions




      1. Are there any obvious problems with the way I am aggregating my files?

      2. Are there challenges I may encounter that I have not yet experienced?

      3. Is there a generally accepted way of doing this while achieving the same result?










      share|improve this question









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      I am using PHP to keep my webpage organized.



      The directory looks like this:



      root/folder/file1
      root/folder/file2
      root/folder/file3
      root/index.php


      Each file is very simple html doc with content containing a title tag, which I use to create a nav bar.



      I want index.php to aggregate all the content from file1, file2 and file3, in addition to creating a nav bar up at the top.



      The code I have achieves this successfully, but I'm not sure if I'm doing this in a practical way.



      $domain = "domain/"
      $dir = "folder/";
      $files = scandir($dir);

      // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays
      $contents = Array();
      $titles = Array();
      $ids = Array();
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($files); $x++) {
      if ($files[$x] != "." && $files[$x] != "..") {
      $filename = $domain . $dir . $files[$x];
      $file = fopen($filename, "r");
      $data = file_get_contents($filename);
      array_push($contents, $data);

      $regex = '#<title>(.*?)</title>#';
      preg_match($regex, $data, $match);
      $title = $match[1];
      array_push($titles, $title);

      $regex2 = '#( |-|,)#';
      $id = preg_split($regex2, $title)[0];
      array_push($ids, $id);
      }
      }

      // the first loop sets the nav bar
      echo "<div id='navigation'>";
      echo "<ul>";
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
      echo "<li><a href='#" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $titles[$x] . "</a></li>";
      }
      echo "</ul>";
      echo "</div>";

      // this second loop sets the contents
      echo "<div id='content'>";
      for ($x = 0; $x < sizeof($contents); $x++) {
      echo "<div id='" . $ids[$x] . "'>" . $contents[$x] . "</div>";
      }
      echo "</div>";


      I like the idea of having all the content on one big page and the nav bar helps a lot when I'm viewing it on my phone.



      Questions




      1. Are there any obvious problems with the way I am aggregating my files?

      2. Are there challenges I may encounter that I have not yet experienced?

      3. Is there a generally accepted way of doing this while achieving the same result?







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          Basically you need to remove the unused fopen() call and change ponderous operators to handy ones as for some reason you made a peculiar choice in favor of the former, like for vs. foreach, array_push vs simple assignment, etc. Also consider a cleaner way to output HTML



          <?php
          $pattern = "domain/folder/*.*";
          $files = glob($pattern);

          // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays

          $contents = ;
          $titles = ;
          $ids = ;
          foreach ($files as $filename)
          {
          $data = file_get_contents($filename);
          $contents = $data;

          preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#', $data, $match);
          $titles = $match[1];

          $ids = preg_split('#( |-|,)#', $match[1])[0];
          }
          ?>
          <div id='navigation'>
          <ul>
          <?php foreach ($titles as $x => $title): ?>
          <li><a href="#<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$title?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </ul>
          </div>

          <div id='content'>
          <?foreach ($contents as $x => $content): ?>
          <div id="<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$content?></div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </div>





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          • $begingroup$
            This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
            $endgroup$
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            5 hours ago












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            Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago












          • $begingroup$
            Thank you for the corrections!
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago











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          $begingroup$

          Basically you need to remove the unused fopen() call and change ponderous operators to handy ones as for some reason you made a peculiar choice in favor of the former, like for vs. foreach, array_push vs simple assignment, etc. Also consider a cleaner way to output HTML



          <?php
          $pattern = "domain/folder/*.*";
          $files = glob($pattern);

          // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays

          $contents = ;
          $titles = ;
          $ids = ;
          foreach ($files as $filename)
          {
          $data = file_get_contents($filename);
          $contents = $data;

          preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#', $data, $match);
          $titles = $match[1];

          $ids = preg_split('#( |-|,)#', $match[1])[0];
          }
          ?>
          <div id='navigation'>
          <ul>
          <?php foreach ($titles as $x => $title): ?>
          <li><a href="#<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$title?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </ul>
          </div>

          <div id='content'>
          <?foreach ($contents as $x => $content): ?>
          <div id="<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$content?></div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </div>





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          • $begingroup$
            This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
            $endgroup$
            – Jozurcrunch
            5 hours ago












          • $begingroup$
            Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago












          • $begingroup$
            Thank you for the corrections!
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago
















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          $begingroup$

          Basically you need to remove the unused fopen() call and change ponderous operators to handy ones as for some reason you made a peculiar choice in favor of the former, like for vs. foreach, array_push vs simple assignment, etc. Also consider a cleaner way to output HTML



          <?php
          $pattern = "domain/folder/*.*";
          $files = glob($pattern);

          // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays

          $contents = ;
          $titles = ;
          $ids = ;
          foreach ($files as $filename)
          {
          $data = file_get_contents($filename);
          $contents = $data;

          preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#', $data, $match);
          $titles = $match[1];

          $ids = preg_split('#( |-|,)#', $match[1])[0];
          }
          ?>
          <div id='navigation'>
          <ul>
          <?php foreach ($titles as $x => $title): ?>
          <li><a href="#<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$title?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </ul>
          </div>

          <div id='content'>
          <?foreach ($contents as $x => $content): ?>
          <div id="<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$content?></div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </div>





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          • $begingroup$
            This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
            $endgroup$
            – Jozurcrunch
            5 hours ago












          • $begingroup$
            Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago












          • $begingroup$
            Thank you for the corrections!
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago














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          $begingroup$

          Basically you need to remove the unused fopen() call and change ponderous operators to handy ones as for some reason you made a peculiar choice in favor of the former, like for vs. foreach, array_push vs simple assignment, etc. Also consider a cleaner way to output HTML



          <?php
          $pattern = "domain/folder/*.*";
          $files = glob($pattern);

          // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays

          $contents = ;
          $titles = ;
          $ids = ;
          foreach ($files as $filename)
          {
          $data = file_get_contents($filename);
          $contents = $data;

          preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#', $data, $match);
          $titles = $match[1];

          $ids = preg_split('#( |-|,)#', $match[1])[0];
          }
          ?>
          <div id='navigation'>
          <ul>
          <?php foreach ($titles as $x => $title): ?>
          <li><a href="#<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$title?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </ul>
          </div>

          <div id='content'>
          <?foreach ($contents as $x => $content): ?>
          <div id="<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$content?></div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </div>





          share|improve this answer











          $endgroup$



          Basically you need to remove the unused fopen() call and change ponderous operators to handy ones as for some reason you made a peculiar choice in favor of the former, like for vs. foreach, array_push vs simple assignment, etc. Also consider a cleaner way to output HTML



          <?php
          $pattern = "domain/folder/*.*";
          $files = glob($pattern);

          // loop over all the files, saving their contents and ids to arrays

          $contents = ;
          $titles = ;
          $ids = ;
          foreach ($files as $filename)
          {
          $data = file_get_contents($filename);
          $contents = $data;

          preg_match('#<title>(.*?)</title>#', $data, $match);
          $titles = $match[1];

          $ids = preg_split('#( |-|,)#', $match[1])[0];
          }
          ?>
          <div id='navigation'>
          <ul>
          <?php foreach ($titles as $x => $title): ?>
          <li><a href="#<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$title?></a></li>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </ul>
          </div>

          <div id='content'>
          <?foreach ($contents as $x => $content): ?>
          <div id="<?=$ids[$x]?>"><?=$content?></div>
          <?php endforeach ?>
          </div>






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          • $begingroup$
            This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
            $endgroup$
            – Jozurcrunch
            5 hours ago












          • $begingroup$
            Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago












          • $begingroup$
            Thank you for the corrections!
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago


















          • $begingroup$
            This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
            $endgroup$
            – Jozurcrunch
            5 hours ago












          • $begingroup$
            Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago












          • $begingroup$
            Thank you for the corrections!
            $endgroup$
            – Your Common Sense
            1 hour ago
















          $begingroup$
          This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
          $endgroup$
          – Jozurcrunch
          5 hours ago






          $begingroup$
          This is very interesting. I don't have a lot of experience with php so you've shown me quite a bit. In line 3 of your code I simply changed $dir to $pattern, and in line 18 I changed $title to $match[1], since $title no longer exists. I'm still reviewing it but the result is the same as before which is good. Are the overall mechanics of what I'm doing (looping once to capture data, then looping 2 more times to template the content) reasonable?
          $endgroup$
          – Jozurcrunch
          5 hours ago














          $begingroup$
          Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
          $endgroup$
          – Your Common Sense
          1 hour ago






          $begingroup$
          Looping 2 times is the only acceptable way. Data preparation should be always separated from the output as output may vary
          $endgroup$
          – Your Common Sense
          1 hour ago














          $begingroup$
          Thank you for the corrections!
          $endgroup$
          – Your Common Sense
          1 hour ago




          $begingroup$
          Thank you for the corrections!
          $endgroup$
          – Your Common Sense
          1 hour ago










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