List all the files and folders in a Directory with PHP recursive function

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I m trying to go through all of the files in a directory  and if there is a directory  go through all of its files and so on until there are no more directories to go to  Each and every processed item will be added to a results array in the function below  It is not working though I m not sure what I can do what I did wrong  but the browser runs insanely slow when this code below is processed  any help is appreciated  thanks  Code      function getDirContents  dir            results   array             files   scandir  dir                foreach  files as  key   gt   value                   if  is dir  dir  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR   value                         results      value                    else if is dir  dir  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR   value                          results      value                      getDirContents  dir  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR   value                                              print r getDirContents   xampp htdocs WORK

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My proposal without ugly  foreach  control structures is   iterator   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path     allFiles   array filter iterator to array  iterator   function  file        return  file- gt isFile          You may only want to extract the filepath  which you can do so by   array keys  allFiles     Still 4 lines of code  but more straight forward than using a loop or something

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It s shorter version    function getDirContents  path         rii   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path          files   array         foreach   rii as  file          if    file- gt isDir                 files      file- gt getPathname         return  files     var dump getDirContents  path

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Add relative path option   function getDirContents  dir   relativePath   false         fileList   array         iterator   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dir        foreach   iterator as  file            if   file- gt isDir    continue           path    file- gt getPathname            if   relativePath                 path   str replace  dir       path                path   ltrim  path                             fileList      path            return  fileList     print r getDirContents   path to dir      print r getDirContents   path to dir   true      Output   Array        0    gt   path to dir test1 html      1    gt   path to dir test html      2    gt   path to dir index php    Array        0    gt  test1 html      1    gt  test html      2    gt  index php

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Here is what I came up with and this is with not much lines of code  function show files  start         contents   scandir  start       array splice  contents  0 2       echo   lt ul gt        foreach    contents as  item             if   is dir   start  item    amp  amp   substr  item  0 1                          echo   lt li gt  item lt  li gt                show files   start  item              else               echo   lt li gt  item lt  li gt                        echo   lt  ul gt       show files          It outputs something like    idea  add php  add task php  helpers   countries php  mysqli connect php  sort php  test js  test php  view tasks php      The dots are the dots of unoordered list   Hope this helps

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This solution did the job for me  The RecursiveIteratorIterator lists all directories and files recursively but unsorted  The program filters the list and sorts it   I m sure there is a way to write this shorter  feel free to improve it  It is just a code snippet  You may want to pimp it to your purposes    lt  php   path     pth to your directories and files      an unsorted array of dirs  amp  files  files dirs   iterator to array  new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path  RecursiveIteratorIterator  SELF FIRST      echo   lt html gt  lt body gt  lt pre gt       create a new associative multi-dimensional array with dirs as keys and their files  dirs files   array    foreach  files dirs as  dir    if is dir  dir  AND preg match            dir       d   preg replace               dir      dirs files  d    array      foreach  files dirs as  file      if is file  file  AND  d    dirname  file         f   basename  file        dirs files  d       f                  print r  dirs files       sort dirs ksort  dirs files    foreach  dirs files as  dir   gt   files     c   substr count  dir        echo  str pad      c      STR PAD LEFT    dir n       sort files  asort  files    foreach  files as  file     echo str pad      c      STR PAD LEFT      file n        echo   lt  pre gt  lt  body gt  lt  html gt       gt

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This could help if you wish to get directory contents as an array  ignoring hidden files and directories   function dir tree  dir path         rdi   new  RecursiveDirectoryIterator  dir path         rii   new  RecursiveIteratorIterator  rdi         tree            foreach   rii as  splFileInfo             file name    splFileInfo- gt getFilename                Skip hidden files and directories          if   file name 0                         continue                      path    splFileInfo- gt isDir     array  file name   gt  array      array  file name            for   depth    rii- gt getDepth   - 1   depth  gt   0   depth--                 path   array  rii- gt getSubIterator  depth - gt current  - gt getFilename     gt   path                       tree   array merge recursive  tree   path              return  tree      The result would be something like   dir tree   DIR     public            css    gt             style css            style min css               js    gt             script js            script min js               favicon ico       Source

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Ready for copy and paste function for common use cases  improved extended version of one answer above   function getDirContents string  dir  int  onlyFiles   0  string  excludeRegex        git     int  maxDepth   -1   array        results            scanAll   scandir  dir       sort  scanAll        scanDirs        scanFiles           foreach  scanAll as  fName           if   fName             fName             continue             fPath   str replace DIRECTORY SEPARATOR       realpath  dir          fName            if  strlen  excludeRegex   gt  0  amp  amp  preg match  excludeRegex   fPath    is dir  fPath                  continue            if  is dir  fPath                  scanDirs      fPath            elseif   onlyFiles  gt   0                 scanFiles      fPath                       foreach   scanDirs as  pDir            if   onlyFiles  lt   0                 results      pDir                    if   maxDepth     0                foreach  getDirContents  pDir   onlyFiles   excludeRegex   maxDepth - 1  as  p                     results      p                                    foreach   scanFiles as  p             results      p             return  results      And if you need relative paths   function updateKeysWithRelPath array  paths  string  baseDir  bool  allowBaseDirPath   false   array        results            regex          preg quote str replace DIRECTORY SEPARATOR       realpath  baseDir                    s        regex   preg replace                                                                  regex      limited to only one   xx      expr     if  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR                      regex   preg replace                        regex     i             foreach   paths as  p             rel   preg replace  regex       p  1           if   rel      p                throw new  Exception  Path relativize failed  path       p      is not within basedir       baseDir                    elseif   rel                       if    allowBaseDirPath                    throw new  Exception  Path relativize failed  basedir path       p      not allowed                   else                    results  rel                                  else                results  rel     p                      return  results     function getDirContentsWithRelKeys string  dir  int  onlyFiles   0  string  excludeRegex        git     int  maxDepth   -1   array       return updateKeysWithRelPath getDirContents  dir   onlyFiles   excludeRegex   maxDepth    dir       This version solves improves    warnings from realpath when PHP open basedir does not cover the    directory  does not use reference for the result array allows to exclude directories and files allows to list files directories only allows to limit the search depth it always sort output with directories first  so directories can be removed emptied in reverse order  allows to get paths with relative keys heavy optimized for hundred of thousands or even milions of files write for more in the comments      Examples      list only    php  files and skip  git  and the current file  onlyPhpFilesExcludeRegex        git     lt      php        preg quote str replace DIRECTORY SEPARATOR       realpath   FILE                is     phpFiles   getDirContents   DIR    1   onlyPhpFilesExcludeRegex   print r  phpFiles       with relative keys  phpFiles   getDirContentsWithRelKeys   DIR    1   onlyPhpFilesExcludeRegex   print r  phpFiles       with  include only  regex to include only  html and  txt files with     mails en    html txt   path      git                      mails en           html txt          is

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I improved with one check iteration the good code of Hors Sujet to avoid including folders in the result array    function getDirContents  dir    results   array           files   scandir  dir        foreach  files as  key     value            path   realpath  dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  value           if is dir  path     false                 results      path                    else if  value            value                        getDirContents  path   results               if is dir  path     false                     results      path                                       return  results

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Get all the files with filter  2nd argument  and folders in a directory  don t call function when you have   or      Your code     lt  php function getDirContents  dir   filter        amp  results   array           files   scandir  dir        foreach  files as  key   gt   value            path   realpath  dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  value             if  is dir  path                 if empty  filter     preg match  filter   path    results      path            elseif  value         amp  amp   value                        getDirContents  path   filter   results                        return  results         Simple Call  List all files var dump getDirContents   xampp htdocs WORK         Regex Call  List php files only var dump getDirContents   xampp htdocs WORK       php         Output  example        Simple Call array 13       0   gt  string 69    xampp htdocs WORK htaccess     1   gt  string 73    xampp htdocs WORKConverter php     2   gt  string 69    xampp htdocs WORKEvent php     3   gt  string 70    xampp htdocs WORKdefault filter json     4   gt  string 68    xampp htdocs WORKdefault filter xml     5   gt  string 80    xampp htdocs WORKCaching ApcCache php     6   gt  string 84    xampp htdocs WORKCaching CacheFactory php        Regex Call array 13       0   gt  string 69    xampp htdocs WORKEvent php     1   gt  string 73    xampp htdocs WORKConverter php     2   gt  string 80    xampp htdocs WORKCaching ApcCache php     3   gt  string 84    xampp htdocs WORKCaching CacheFactory php      James Cameron s proposition

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This is a little modification of majicks answer  I just changed the array structure returned by the function   From   array     gt         0    gt   test test txt      To   array     gt         test test txt    gt   test txt                param string  dir     param bool    recursive     param string  basedir        return array     function getFileListAsArray string  dir  bool  recursive   true  string  basedir        array       if   dir                  return array          else            results   array             subresults   array              if   is dir  dir              dir   dirname  dir            so a files path can be sent     if   basedir                   basedir   realpath  dir    DIRECTORY SEPARATOR              files   scandir  dir       foreach   files as  key   gt   value            if    value          amp  amp    value                          path   realpath  dir   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    value               if  is dir  path        do not combine with the next line or                   if   recursive         non-recursive list will include subdirs                      subdirresults   self  getFileListAsArray  path   recursive   basedir                        results   array merge  results   subdirresults                                   else      strip basedir and add to subarray to separate file list                  subresults str replace  basedir       path      value                                       merge the subarray to give the list of files then subdirectory files     if  count  subresults   gt  0             results   array merge  subresults   results             return  results      Might help for those having the exact same expected results like me

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This will print the full path of all files in the given directory  you can also pass other callback functions to recursiveDir   function printFunc  path       echo  path   lt br gt       function recursiveDir  path   fileFunc   dirFunc        openDir   opendir  path       while    file   readdir  openDir       false             fullFilePath   realpath   path  file            if   file 0                        if  is file  fullFilePath                    if  is callable  fileFunc                         fileFunc  fullFilePath                                   else                   if  is callable  dirFunc                         dirFunc  fullFilePath                                     recursiveDir  fullFilePath   fileFunc   dirFunc                                    recursiveDir  dirToScan   printFunc    printFunc

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To whom needs list files first than folders  with alphabetical older    Can use following function  This is not self calling function  So you will have directory list  directory view  files  list and folders list as seperated array also   I spend two days for this and do not want someone will wast his time for this also  hope helps someone   function dirlist  dir       if  file exists  dir    return  dir   does not exists          list   array  path    gt   dir   dirview    gt  array     dirlist    gt  array     files    gt  array     folders    gt  array           dirs   array  dir       while null       dir   array pop  dirs             if  dh   opendir  dir                while false       file   readdir  dh                     if  file            file          continue                   path    dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  file                   list  dirlist natural        path                  if is dir  path                         list  dirview    dir   folders        path          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Here is mine     function recScan   mainDir   allData   array            hide files   hidefiles   array                  htaccess      htpasswd     index php     php ini     error log          start reading directory   dirContent   scandir   mainDir       foreach    dirContent as  key   gt   content        path    mainDir          content        if is readable   file  if     in array   content   hidefiles         if   is file   path    amp  amp  is readable   path          allData      path           if is readable   directory     Beware   recursive scan eats ressources    else  if   is dir   path    amp  amp  is readable   path           recursive     allData   recScan   path   allData                return  allData

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A-312 s solution may cause memory problems as it may create a huge array if  xampp htdocs WORK contains a lot of files and folders    If you have PHP 7 then you can use Generators and optimize PHP s memory like this   function getDirContents  dir         files   scandir  dir       foreach  files as  key   gt   value             path   realpath  dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  value           if  is dir  path                 yield  path             else if  value         amp  amp   value                       yield from getDirContents  path              yield  path                     foreach getDirContents   xampp htdocs WORK   as  value        echo  value   n       yield from

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Here s a modified version of Hors answer  works slightly better for my case  as it strips out the base directory that is passed as it goes  and has a recursive switch that can be set to false which is also handy  Plus to make the output  more readable  I ve separated the file and subdirectory files  so the files are added first then the subdirectory files  see result for what I mean    I tried a few other methods and suggestions around and this is what I ended up with  I had another working method already that was very similar  but seemed to fail where there was a subdirectory with no files but that subdirectory had a subsubdirectory with files  it didn t scan the subsubdirectory for files - so some answers may need to be tested for that case      anyways thought I d post my version here too in case someone is looking     function get filelist as array  dir   recursive   true   basedir        include dirs   false        if   dir         return array     else   results   array     subresults   array         if   is dir  dir     dir   dirname  dir       so a files path can be sent     if   basedir          basedir   realpath  dir  DIRECTORY SEPARATOR         files   scandir  dir       foreach   files as  key   gt   value           if     value          amp  amp    value                           path   realpath  dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  value               if  is dir  path                        optionally include directories in file list                 if   include dirs    subresults     str replace  basedir       path                       optionally get file list for all subdirectories                 if   recursive                         subdirresults   get filelist as array  path   recursive   basedir   include dirs                        results   array merge  results   subdirresults                                   else                      strip basedir and add to subarray to separate file list                  subresults     str replace  basedir       path                                        merge the subarray to give the list of files then subdirectory files     if  count  subresults   gt  0    results   array merge  subresults   results        return  results      I suppose one thing to be careful of it not to pass a  basedir value to this function when calling it    mostly just pass the  dir  or passing a filepath will work now too  and optionally  recursive as false if and as needed  The result    0    gt  demo-image png  1    gt  filelist php  2    gt  tile png  3    gt  2015 header png  4    gt  2015 08 background jpg   Enjoy  Okay  back to the program I m actually using this in     UPDATE Added extra argument for including directories in the file list or not  remembering other arguments will need to be passed to use this   eg    results   get filelist as array  dir  true      true

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here I have example for that  List all the files and folders in a Directory csv file  read with PHP recursive function   lt  php      List all the files and folders in a Directory csv file  read with PHP recursive function    function getDirContents  dir   amp  results   array          files   scandir  dir        foreach  files as  key   gt   value            path   realpath  dir DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  value           if  is dir  path                  results      path            else if  value         amp  amp   value                        getDirContents  path   results                  results      path                       return  results          files   getDirContents   xampp htdocs medifree lab     here folder name where your folders and it s csvfile    foreach  files as  file    csv file   file   foldername    explode DIRECTORY SEPARATOR  file     using this get your folder name  explode your path   print r  foldername    if    handle   fopen  csv file   r        FALSE     fgetcsv  handle    while    data   fgetcsv  handle  1000            FALSE     num   count  data   for   c 0   c  lt   num   c       col  c     data  c       fclose  handle           gt    http   myphpinformation blogspot in 2016 05 list-all-files-and-folders-in-directory-csv-file-read-with-php-recursive html

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Get all the files and folders in a directory  don t call function when you have   or      Your code     lt  php function getDirContents  dir   amp  results   array           files   scandir  dir        foreach   files as  key   gt   value             path   realpath  dir   DIRECTORY SEPARATOR    value           if   is dir  path                  results      path            else if   value         amp  amp   value                        getDirContents  path   results                results      path                       return  results     var dump getDirContents   xampp htdocs WORK       Output  example     array  size 12    0   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK iframe html   length 30    1   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK index html   length 29    2   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js   length 21    3   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js btwn js   length 29    4   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js qunit   length 27    5   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js qunit qunit css   length 37    6   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js qunit qunit js   length 36    7   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK js unit-test js   length 34    8   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK xxxxx js   length 30    9   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK plane png   length 28    10   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK qunit html   length 29    11   gt  string   xampp htdocs WORK styles less   length 30

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rii   new RecursiveIteratorIterator new RecursiveDirectoryIterator  path to folder       files   array      foreach   rii as  file         if   file- gt isDir              continue              files      file- gt getPathname           var dump  files     This will bring you all the files with paths

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