Note: This script will read all .txt files in the directory you place this in, list them as links and will then create a page based on the variables provided.
No database involved, written in PHP. If you have any questions please contact me at http://www.beckerist.com/
Second note: This page was built with wrapping turned off so you can see it easier. If you want the source in a cleaner format, contact me.


<?php
   //dirpath is relative to your home directory, make sure you have read / browse access
   $dirpath = "content/textfiles";
   //show this if the pagename is not defined or is index
   if ($pagename == '' || $pagename == 'index')
      {
         $dh = opendir($dirpath);
         $x = 0;
         //while reading is not 'false' loop through the contents of the directory
         while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
            {
               //if it exists, and is not index, throw into an array variable ($fulllist)
               if (!is_dir("$dirpath/$file") && htmlspecialchars(preg_replace('/\..*$/', '', $file)) != "index")
                  {
                     //put the link right in the variable and remove the underscores in the filename for the link
                     $fulllist[$x] = '<a href="/content/textfiles/index.php?pagename=' .
                     htmlspecialchars(preg_replace('/\..*$/', '', $file)) . '">' .
                     ereg_replace("_", " ", htmlspecialchars(ucfirst(preg_replace('/\..*$/','', $file)))) . '</a><br>';
                  }
               //increase the counter by 1
               $x = $x + 1;
            }
         //sort the variable
         sort($fulllist);
         //output with linebreaks
         foreach ($fulllist as $x => $val)
            {
               echo $val . "\n";
            }
         //close the connection
         closedir($dh);
      }
   else
      {
         // some of this I ripped from php.net
         $x = 0;
         //read the raw text file as an array, the @ sign means it won't output any warnings to the screen (remove to troubleshoot)
         $raw = @file('content/textfiles/' . $pagename . '.txt') or $x = 1;
         if ($x == 1)
            {
               die("INVALID FILE. Try again.");
            }
         // join remaining data into string
         $data = join('', $raw);
         // replace special characters with HTML entities
         // replace line breaks with <br />
         $html = nl2br(htmlspecialchars($data));
         // replace multiple spaces with single spaces
         $html = preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', $html);
         //uncomment to replace URLs with <a href...> elements
         //$html = preg_replace('/\s(\w+:\/\/)(\S+)/', ' <a href="\\1\\2" target="_blank">\\1\\2</a>', $html);
         echo '<h2>File: ' . ucfirst(str_replace('_', ' ', $pagename)) . '</h2><br>
         <a href="/content/textfiles/"><font size=1>back to file listing</font></a><br><br>';
         //output the file contents
         echo $html;
      }
?>