gopher_parsedir Translate a gopher formatted directory entry into an associative array. &reftitle.description; arraygopher_parsedir stringdirent While gopher returns text/plain documents for actual document requests. A request to a directory (such as /) will return specially encoded series of lines with each line being one directory entry or information line. &reftitle.examples; In the example above, the root directory at gopher.example.com knows about one DOCUMENT identified by 0 located at gopher://gopher.example.com:70/allabout.txt. It also knows about two other directory (which have their own listing files) at gopher://gopher.exmaple.com:70/stories and at gopher://gopher.ejemplo.co.es:70/. In addition there is a binary file, a link to an HTTP url, and several informative lines. By passing each line of the directory listing into gopher_parsedir, an associative array is formed containing a parsed out version of the data. 0 [title] => All about my gopher site. [path] => /allabout.txt [host] => gopher.example.com [port] => 70 ) Array ( [type] => 9 [title] => A picture of my cat. [path] => /pics/cat.png [host] => gopher.example.com [port] => 70 ) Array ( [type] => 1 [title] => A collection of my writings. [path] => /stories [host] => gopher.example.com [port] => 70 ) Array ( [type] => 254 [title] => The HTTP version of this site. [path] => URL:http://www.example.com [host] => gopher.example.com [port] => 70 ) Array ( [type] => 1 [title] => Mirror of this site in Spain. [path] => / [host] => gopher.ejemplo.co.es [port] => 70 ) Array ( [type] => 255 [title] => Welcome to my gopher site. [path] => [host] => error.host [port] => 1 ) Array ( [type] => 255 [title] => Please select one of the options above. [path] => [host] => error.host [port] => 1 ) Array ( [type] => 255 [title] => Send complaints to /dev/null [path] => [host] => error.host [port] => 1 ) Array ( [type] => 255 [title] => Long live gopher! [path] => [host] => error.host [port] => 1 ) */ ?> ]]> The values given by type are associated with the following constants. Constant Definition GOPHER_DOCUMENT Standard text/plain document. GOPHER_DIRECTORY A resource containing a gopher formatted directory listing. GOPHER_BINHEX A BinHex encoded binary file. GOPHER_DOSBINARY A DOS formatted binary archive. GOPHER_UUENCODED A UUEncoded file. GOPHER_BINARY A generic binary file. GOPHER_INFO An Informational entry GOPHER_HTTP A reference to an HTTP resource. GOPHER_UNKNOWN An unrecognized entry, the line will be returned in data.