Get Directory Listing
 

Hey, I am trying to recursively retrieve the directory listing of a given directory that is, print out all files and folders (and sub folders) of a given directory. My function #1 does not work, however the function someone else has written #2 does. Why is this?

My Function #1:

<?php

function showDirectory( $directory )

{

echo("<BR>TESTING: ARG=". $directory);

   $dir = opendir( $directory );

   if ( $dir )

   {

echo("<BR>TESTING: dir has been opened");

      while ( false !== ( $file = readdir( $dir ) ) )

      {

echo("<BR>TESTING: file=" . $file);

         if ( $file != "." && $file != ".." )

         {

echo("<BR>TESTING: file IS NOT . or ..");

            if (is_dir($directory . "/" . $file))

            {

echo("<BR>TESTING: " . $directory . "/" . $file . "is a directory");

               showDirectory( $directory . "/" . $file );

            }

            else

            {

echo("<BR>TESTING: " . $directory . "/" . $file . "is NOT a directory");

               echo( "<B>" . $directory . "/" . $file . "</B><BR>\n" );

            }

         }

         else

         {

echo("<BR>TESTING: file=. OR ..");

         }

         closedir( $dir );

      }

   }

   else

   {

echo("TESTING: $dir = null");

   }

}

?>

Someone else's function #2

<?php



function getDirectory( $path = '.', $level = 0 ){



    $ignore = array( 'cgi-bin', '.', '..' );

    // Directories to ignore when listing output. Many hosts

    // will deny PHP access to the cgi-bin.



    $dh = @opendir( $path );

    // Open the directory to the handle $dh

    

    while( false !== ( $file = readdir( $dh ) ) ){

    // Loop through the directory

    

        if( !in_array( $file, $ignore ) ){

        // Check that this file is not to be ignored

            

            $spaces = str_repeat( '&nbsp;', ( $level * 4 ) );

            // Just to add spacing to the list, to better

            // show the directory tree.

            

            if( is_dir( "$path/$file" ) ){

            // Its a directory, so we need to keep reading down...

            

                echo "<strong>$spaces $file</strong><br />";

                getDirectory( "$path/$file", ($level+1) );

                // Re-call this same function but on a new directory.

                // this is what makes function recursive.

            

            } else {

            

                echo "$spaces $file<br />";

                // Just print out the filename

            

            }

        

        }

    

    }

    

    closedir( $dh );

    // Close the directory handle



}



?>

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

Please elaborate on "does not work", does it give errors or just not print anything?

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

sorry about that, the only error I get is:

Warning: readdir(): 41 is not a valid Directory resource in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\index.php on line 24

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

The only thing I can tell is that the second function is suppressing warnings/errors when it opens a directory with the @ $dh = @opendir( $path ); as opposed to $dir = opendir( $directory );.

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

I have tried the @ to suppress warnings on all the functions I am using, I don't get any messages from PHP but now all my function displays are the testing echos..

TESTING: ARG=..

TESTING: dir has been opened

TESTING: file=.

TESTING: file=. OR ..

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

Nevermind, I have found the mistake.. I was using closedir() inside the loop where I should have been using it outside the loop.

Re: Get Directory Listing
 

Use Print directory to print the directory listing to a file, i found it on google search...