Grep Alternative

[Geronantimo]

Hopefully, somebody here can point me in the right direction...

I often use PowerGrep to search within files for a particular string. Usually, this is within .php and .css files. Sometimes, this means that I have to download (FTP) the entire site before I can use PowerGrep.

Does anybody know of a php script that can do the same thing on the server through a browser?

Perhaps a system that can index all of the pages and then store the information in a MySQL database.

Any ideas appreciated.

Regards,

 

[jpadie]

you could do a grep through a backtick operator.

 

[jpadie]

or native php you could iterate each dir and then each file, grab the contents of the file and check it for a string.

bit unnecessary though, when the os can do it with grep.