I need to write a function in PHP that takes the following input array:
$inputArray = [
[
"path" => "/C",
"basename" => "C",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1540579748,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Recycle.Bin",
"basename" => "Recycle.Bin",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1539012172,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Pictures",
"basename" => "Pictures",
"size" => 3164422144,
"modified" => 1540581569,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Videos",
"basename" => "Videos",
"size" => 970752,
"modified" => 1540579792,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings",
"basename" => "Documents and Settings",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539022708,
"type" => "link",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings/Public",
"basename" => "Public",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012079,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings/desktop.ini",
"basename" => "desktop.ini",
"size" => 174,
"modified" => 1506692592,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/PerfLogs",
"basename" => "PerfLogs",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1506692704,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Program Files",
"basename" => "Program Files",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1540579745,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Program Files (x86)",
"basename" => "Program Files (x86)",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1506692707,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/ProgramData",
"basename" => "ProgramData",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012665,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Recovery",
"basename" => "Recovery",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1539022717,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/System Volume Information",
"basename" => "System Volume Information",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012967,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Users",
"basename" => "Users",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012384,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Windows",
"basename" => "Windows",
"size" => 24576,
"modified" => 1539011957,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/pagefile.sys",
"basename" => "pagefile.sys",
"size" => 1207959552,
"modified" => 1540581479,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/swapfile.sys",
"basename" => "swapfile.sys",
"size" => 268435456,
"modified" => 1540581479,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
]
];
and produces the following output array:
$outputArray = [
[
"path" => "/C",
"basename" => "C",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1540579748,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => [
[
"path" => "/C/Recycle.Bin",
"basename" => "Recycle.Bin",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1539012172,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Pictures",
"basename" => "Pictures",
"size" => 3164422144,
"modified" => 1540581569,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Videos",
"basename" => "Videos",
"size" => 970752,
"modified" => 1540579792,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings",
"basename" => "Documents and Settings",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539022708,
"type" => "link",
"contents" => [
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings/Public",
"basename" => "Public",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012079,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Documents and Settings/desktop.ini",
"basename" => "desktop.ini",
"size" => 174,
"modified" => 1506692592,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
]
]
],
[
"path" => "/C/PerfLogs",
"basename" => "PerfLogs",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1506692704,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Program Files",
"basename" => "Program Files",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1540579745,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Program Files (x86)",
"basename" => "Program Files (x86)",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1506692707,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/ProgramData",
"basename" => "ProgramData",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012665,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Recovery",
"basename" => "Recovery",
"size" => 0,
"modified" => 1539022717,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/System Volume Information",
"basename" => "System Volume Information",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012967,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Users",
"basename" => "Users",
"size" => 4096,
"modified" => 1539012384,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/Windows",
"basename" => "Windows",
"size" => 24576,
"modified" => 1539011957,
"type" => "dir",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/pagefile.sys",
"basename" => "pagefile.sys",
"size" => 1207959552,
"modified" => 1540581479,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
],
[
"path" => "/C/swapfile.sys",
"basename" => "swapfile.sys",
"size" => 268435456,
"modified" => 1540581479,
"type" => "file",
"contents" => []
]
]
]
];
I understand that this can be done with recursion, but I'm having a hard time with it. If somebody could point me in the right direction or provide a working solution, that would be really cool.
Sort the array by path if it's not already ordered:
usort($inputArray, function ($a, $b) {
return $a['path'] <=> $b['path'];
});
Then nest the items recursively by path:
function nest(&$directory)
{
for ($i = 0; $i < count($directory); $i++)
{
while ($i + 1 < count($directory) && strpos($directory[$i + 1]['path'], $directory[$i]['path'] . '/') === 0)
{
$directory[$i]['contents'][] = $directory[$i + 1];
array_splice($directory, $i + 1, 1);
}
nest($directory[$i]['contents']);
}
}
On case-insensitive filesystems (such as Windows) you may want to replace strpos() with stripos(), but I didn't test for this so I leave it to you to decide.