title: Can you list files in a directory with JavaScript but without ActiveX?
body: <p>I wrote a script in php that allows me to get a list of files in a directory as an array, parse each one for a particular string, and then it displays all of the files that contain the search string.</p>
  
  <p>My IT staff won't let me install php on the server though. Can this be done with javascript without ActiveX? Everything I could find on this is pretty old.</p>
  
  <p>Alternatively, is there a way to make php functions like opendir and readir work on a remote server?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>