This handy little function will, given a starting directory, return an array of directories contained within the original directory. It does this by using recursion, a process by which a function calls itself repeatadly, until all conditions are met. Syntax is Array RecurseDir (string starting_directory)
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<?php function RecurseDir($basedir, $AllDirectories=array()) { #Create array for current directories contents $ThisDir=array(); #switch to the directory we wish to scan chdir($basedir); $current=getcwd(); #open current directory for reading $handle=opendir("."); while ($file = readdir($handle)) { #Don't add special directories '..' or '.' to the list if (($file!='..') & ($file!='.')) { if (is_dir($file)) { #build an array of contents for this directory array_push($ThisDir,$current.'/'.$file); } } } closedir($handle); #Loop through each directory, run RecurseDir function on each one foreach ($ThisDir as $key=>$var) { array_push($AllDirectories, $var); $AllDirectories=RecurseDir($var, $AllDirectories); } #make sure we go back to our origin chdir($basedir); return $AllDirectories; } ?> /* example */ <? $dirlist=RecurseDir("/home/ben"); foreach ($dirlist as $key=>$val) { echo $val; } ?>
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