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Using PHP5 DirectoryIterator to return all files and folders in a directory

I've looked for answers, but none of those I found had the "simple" answer I'm looking for.

I have a directory on my web server that contains both files and sub-directories with files in them as well.
I would like to build a tree-like structure from the top directory on down and I understand that the DirectoryIterator class will do this, but I just don't understand enough PHP to pull a function together to do this.

I would like to get all files and sub-folders and their contents back in an array if possible so that I can create my own HTML output in a tree-like manner. I would like to get information for the files that are returned, such as type, size, filename as well. Can someone share the code for this using the DirectoryIterator class?

thanks

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wildzero

I have set it so it stops after 3 (see the limit)
Enjoy

<?PHP
 
	$arr = array();
	$limit = 0;
	ProcessFolder('/path/to/your/folder/');
	
	echo "<pre>";
	print_r($arr);
	echo "</pre>";
	
	
	
	
	Function ProcessFolder($folder='')
	{
		global $arr,$limit;
		$limit++;
		
		//-- End if no folder is given.
		If ($folder == '')
			return false;
 
			
		$dir = new DirectoryIterator( $folder );
		foreach($dir as $file ) 
		{
			If ($file->isDir() && !$file->isDot()) {
 
				If ($limit < 3)
					ProcessFolder($file->getPathname());
				
			} elseif ($file->isFile() && !$file->isDot()) {
				
				$filearr = array('Filename:' => $file->getFilename(), 
												'Size:' =>number_format(($file->getSize()/1024),2)." Kb",
												'Date Created:' => date("D d M Y H:i:sa",$file->getCTime())
											 );
 
				//-- Add file to the array
				$arr[$file->getPath()][] = $filearr;											 
		  }
		  
		} 
		unset($dir);
		
	}
 
?>

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wildzero

Bah! the code snippit formatting looks terrible lol

mamuscia

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I tried the code there and it does not produce any results. I tried changing the directory a few times to different values and still nothing. If I can get this to work, it should provide what I'm looking for.

<?php
      error_reporting(E_All);
      $dir = new DirectoryIterator( './zones' );
      foreach($dir as $file )
      {
        if(!$file->isDot() && !$file->isDir()) {
            if ($file->isDir()) {
                echo "Directory: ".$file->getFilename();
            }
            else {
            //if ($file->isFile()) {
                echo "FileName: ".$file->getFilename();
                echo "Size: ".number_format(($file->getSize()/1024),2)." Kb";
                echo "Date Created: ".date("D d M Y H:i:sa",$file->getCTime());
                echo "Type: ".$file->getType();
            }
        }
      }
?>

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wildzero

hmm the code I wrote based off that site worked fine
using PHP 5.2.5

$dir = new DirectoryIterator( './zones' );

perhaps set that to the full path ie
'/right/from/root/of/the/server/'

mamuscia

ASKER

OK, OK....I set the directory wrong. It's now working. I also changed the IF statement to remove the check for isDir so it only checks on the first IF for !isDot(). That way, the IF's below check if it's a file or directory.
It's working great now.

By the way WILDZERO I tried your code too and it works. I am going to split the points with each of you if you don't mind. Thanks for your quick replies.

mamuscia

ASKER

Oops.....I meant you'll get all the points.

wildzero

>> I am going to split the points with each of you if you don't mind.

lol, it was just me that replied :P

mamuscia

ASKER

Nice!

wildzero

Thanks :-)

mamuscia

ASKER

Yeh, I saw MASTER and mis-interpretted it for another ID....:-)

mamuscia

ASKER

Hey Wildzero if you or anyone else is still listening. The function I use stops at the first level directory and does not retrieve files and folders below where I point it. Do you know of anything that would limit the recursion to just one level? For example, if I point it at "./", it retrieves just the files and directory names found in that directory, but does not open all directories to look inside of them. Do you know what I have to do to get all files and folders from a given directory - AND all of their children file and folders, etc? Thanks.

wildzero

yes, see my code - it did recurrision

mamuscia

ASKER

I see that, thanks again.