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# 1  
Old 04-03-2013
Trying to execute a script to populate all directories with index.html
Hello,

I am trying to create a php file that would copy given index.html file to all directories (and subdirectories) on my site that don't have one. This is to prevent directory listings on nginx. This index.html file is placed in the /populate directory and looks like this:

Code:
<html>
<head>
	<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">
	<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

The file populate.php (shown below) is placed in the root of my site and once executed brings this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/mysite/mysite.com/populate.php on line 7.

Here's the populate.php that I created thanks to another thread on this forum (please add http as I am not yet allowed to post links) ://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/175275-copy-create-blank-index-html-file-folders-dont-have-one.html
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

	<?php
	
	find . -type d | while read d
	do
	    if [[ ! -f $d/index.html ]]
	    then
	        cp /populate/index.html $d/
	    fi
	done
	
	?>

</body>
</html>

Can you please advice, thanks!!
Tom
# 2  
Old 04-03-2013
PHP is not shell script. Shell script won't work in there.

You don't have to fill every directory to disable indexing. The autoindex off; directive in the relevant section of nginx's config file will prevent file lists from being generated.
# 3  
Old 04-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
PHP is not shell script. Shell script won't work in there.

You don't have to fill every directory to disable indexing. The autoindex off; directive in the relevant section of nginx's config file will prevent file lists from being generated.
I also need to prevent googlebot from indexing it. And I don't want to run it in shell. Sorry for the confusion, appearantly I posted it in the wrong forums.

---------- Post updated at 01:32 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:28 PM ----------

I have Google Custom Search and with no index.html files it keeps showing some weird directories in the search results.
# 4  
Old 04-03-2013
I know you don't want shell script, but that's what you have. You planted shell script inside PHP and expected it to run, but naturally it didn't work since PHP is not shell.

I don't think it'd work even if you used the right language, since your web server quite probably doesn't have permissions to write to all those folders.

robots.txt is what is traditionally used to prevent robots from indexing something.
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teletubby
# 5  
Old 04-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
I know you don't want shell script, but that's what you have. You planted shell script inside PHP and expected it to run, but naturally it didn't work since PHP is not shell.
So how can I run this script in shell? Thanks!
# 6  
Old 04-03-2013
Login to a shell prompt in your server.

Paste this into a file.

Code:
#!/bin/sh

find /path/to/folders -type d | while read d
	do
	    [ -f $d/index.html ] || cp /populate/index.html $d/
	done

Then chmod 755 file.sh

Then ./file.sh to run it once.
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teletubby
# 7  
Old 04-03-2013
Many thanks! Couple more questions please. Can file.sh be placed in the root directory of my site (where the index.php is)? What should then be used instead of /path/to/folders? A dot (.)? Then I'd use cd command in shell to navigate to my site directory on the server and run file.sh

---------- Post updated at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:56 PM ----------

OK, I figured it all out. But there is one more problem. What if a directory does have an index.php? The script will still add index.html even though it's not needed. How would you modify you script to avoid it?
 
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