• array
• directory
• EN
• PHP
• regex

here are different ways to read a directory with php.

current level

using array_diff & scandir: read /var/www/Foo/ and ignore .dot files

$aContent = array_diff(scandir ('/var/www/Foo/'), array('..', '.', '.htaccess', '.htpasswd'));

using preg_grep & scandir: read /var/www/Foo/

$aContent = […]

• EN
• PHP
• string

Q: how to create a 60 char random string ?

A: use the benath function generateRandomString() to create such a string. Modify to your needs.

usage

$srandomString = enerateRandomString();

it will produce a sting like:
1572437300-71425db97d34ae5da7-37619268-DSCbkJT0JoqHpPtsCiN1l

/**
 * @return string
 */
function generateRandomString()
{
 […]