PHP: How to populate a directory structure in an array

Question

I am developing an admin panel that shows the directory structure of a specific location on server. I have got a recursive php function that iterates through every file and

Answer 1

This class to grab files and directories recursive (= incl. subdirs) by putting the paths in a single, usable array will give you a good headstart:

  class myRecursiveDirectoryParser
  {
     protected $currentPath;
     protected $slash;
     protected $rootPath;
     protected $recursiveTree;

     function __construct($rootPath,$win=false)
     {
        switch($win)
        {
           case true:
              $this->slash = '\\';
              break;
           default:
              $this->slash = '/';
        }
        $this->rootPath = $rootPath;
        $this->currentPath = $rootPath;
        $this->recursiveTree = array(dir($this->rootPath));
        $this->rewind();
     }

     function __destruct()
     {
        $this->close();
     }

     public function close()
     {
        while(true === ($d = array_pop($this->recursiveTree)))
        {
           $d->close();
        }
     }

     public function closeChildren()
     {
        while(count($this->recursiveTree)>1 && false !== ($d = array_pop($this->recursiveTree)))
        {
           $d->close();
           return true;
        }
        return false;
     }

     public function getRootPath()
     {
        if(isset($this->rootPath))
        {
           return $this->rootPath;
        }
        return false;
     }

     public function getCurrentPath()
     {
        if(isset($this->currentPath))
        {
           return $this->currentPath;
        }
        return false;
     }

     public function read()
     {
        while(count($this->recursiveTree)>0)
        {
           $d = end($this->recursiveTree);
           if((false !== ($entry = $d->read())))
           {
              if($entry!='.' && $entry!='..')
              {
                 $path = $d->path.$entry;

                 if(is_file($path))
                 {
                    return $path;
                 }
                 elseif(is_dir($path.$this->slash))
                 {
                    $this->currentPath = $path.$this->slash;
                    if($child = @dir($path.$this->slash))
                    {
                       $this->recursiveTree[] = $child;
                    }
                 }
              }
           }
           else
           {
              array_pop($this->recursiveTree)->close();
           }
        }
        return false;
     }

     public function rewind()
     {
        $this->closeChildren();
        $this->rewindCurrent();
     }

     public function rewindCurrent()
     {
        return end($this->recursiveTree)->rewind();
     }
  }

Next up comes an example of how to use the class. In your case, you would have to walk the data, use "explode('/')" in the loop and construct a new array as you've described above.

  $d = new myRecursiveDirectoryParser("./",false);
  echo($d->getRootPath() . "
");
  while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
     echo($entry."
");
  }
  $d->close();

All you need to do is get busy. You're almost done when you take it from here. ;)