function recursiveFileSearch($folder, $searchString, $extension = 'php') {
$foundArray = array();
$it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($folder);
foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it) as $file) {
$contents = file_get_contents($file);
if(strpos($contents, $searchString) !== false) {
$foundArray[] = $file;
}
}
if(count($foundArray)) {
return $foundArray;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
$matched_files = recursiveFileSearch('/RELATIVE/OR/ABSOLUTE/FILE/PATH', 'YOUR_SEARCH_STRING');
print_r ($matched_files);HTML Recursive File Search for a string
This function will search all files within a folder, recursively, for a search string.
This can be used for a rudimentary search feature. Or, if your web host doesn't allow SSH and you have no access to grep.
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