List files in a directory as a table

Question

I created a folder inside of my Drupal directory where my client can directly FTP into and upload or remove PDFs.

What I'm trying to do is create a page called "Documents" which then displays all PDFs in that directory as a table. So when a new PDF is either uploaded or deleted a new row is either added or deleted in the table.

I found this thread here: Can you create a view to display all files within a certain directory? - And was looking into Filebrowser.

The problem is I want to be able to control the front end look of the table. Because the function of the table would be for users to be able to download and view the PDFs that the client uploaded in the directory.

Would this approach here by my best solution, I'm trying to stay away from using any outside modules. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8559308/how-can-i-list-files-in-a-directory-using-php

Answer 1

I guess Filebrowser module is what you looking for :

This module provides an interface for administrators to expose directories on the file system to users through a file listing as in a FTP application.

You will create one node (node type dir_listing) for each each Directory Listing (DL). Node settings are used to control access and other features of the DL. These settings can vary per node and per user.

This module offers the following features:

Private downloads so that files (such as PHP files) can be downloaded.
File blacklists so that specific files can be removed from directory listings.
Node-based. All features available to nodes, such as path aliasing and access control can be applied to directory listings.
Settings to limit exploration of subdirectories