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Using php to create a Folder select list - including child folders?


I'm trying to use scandir to display a select list of folders listed in a specific directory (which works fine) however, I need it to also add the child folders (if there are any) into my select list. If anyone could help me, that would be great!

This is the structure I want:

<option>folder 1</option>
<option> --child 1</option>
<option> folder 2</option>
<option> folder 3</option>
<option> --child 1</option>
<option> --child 2</option>
<option> --child 3</option>

And this is the code I have (which only shows the parent folders) which I got from this thread (Using scandir() to find folders in a directory (PHP)):

 $dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."\\folder\\";

 $path = $dir;
 $results = scandir($path);

 $folders = array();
 foreach ($results as $result) {
    if ($result == '.' || $result == '..') continue;
    if (is_dir($path . '/' . $result)) {
      $folders[] = $result;
    };
 };

^^ but I need it to show the child directories also. I don't want the files, only the folders.


Solution

  • /* FUNCTION: showDir
     * DESCRIPTION: Creates a list options from all files, folders, and recursivly
     *     found files and subfolders. Echos all the options as they are retrieved
     * EXAMPLE: showDir(".") */
    function showDir( $dir , $subdir = 0 ) {
        if ( !is_dir( $dir ) ) { return false; }
    
        $scan = scandir( $dir );
    
        foreach( $scan as $key => $val ) {
            if ( $val[0] == "." ) { continue; }
    
            if ( is_dir( $dir . "/" . $val ) ) {
                echo "<option>" . str_repeat( "--", $subdir ) . $val . "</option>\n";
    
                if ( $val[0] !="." ) {
                    showDir( $dir . "/" . $val , $subdir + 1 );
                }
            }
        }
    
        return true;
    }