PHP - Code to traverse a directory and get all the

Question

i want to write a page that will traverse a specified directory.... and get all the files in that directory...

in my case the directory will only contain images and display the images with their links...

something like this

How to Do it

p.s. the directory will not be user input.. it will be same directory always...

Answer 1

if ($handle = opendir('.')) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            echo "$file\n";
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}

use readdir

Answer 2

You could also try the glob function:

$path = '/your/path/';
$pattern = '*.{gif,jpg,jpeg,png}';

$images = glob($path . $pattern, GLOB_BRACE);

print_r($images);

Answer 3

I would start off by creating a recursive function:

function recurseDir ($dir) {

    // open the provided directory
    if ($handle = opendir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$dir)) {

        // we dont want the directory we are in or the parent directory
        if ($entry !== "." && $entry !== "..") {

            // recursively call the function, if we find a directory
            if (is_dir($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$dir.$entry)) {

                recurseDir($dir.$entry);
            }
            else {  

                // else we dont find a directory, in which case we have a file                          
                // now we can output anything we want here for each file
                // in your case we want to output all the images with the path under it
                echo "<img src='".$dir.$entry."'>";
                echo "<div><a href='".$dir.$entry."'>".$dir.$entry."</a></div>";
            }
        }
    }
}

The $dir param needs to be in the following format: "/path/" or "/path/to/files/"

Basically, just don't include the server root, because i have already done that below using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

So, in the end just call the recurseDir function we just made in your code once, and it will traverse any sub folders and output the image with the link under it.

Answer 4

You'll want to use the scandir function to walk the list of files in the directory.

Answer 5

Hi you can use DirectoryIterator

try {
    $dir = './';
    /* @var $Item DirectoryIterator */
    foreach (new DirectoryIterator($dir) as $Item) {
        if($Item->isFile()) {
            echo $Item->getFilename() . "\n";
        }
    }
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'No files Found!<br />';
}

If you want to pass directories recursively: http://php.net/manual/en/class.recursivedirectoryiterator.php

Answer 6

/**
*  function get files 
*  @param $path string = path to fine files in 
*  @param $accept array = array of extensions to accept 
*  @param currentLevel = 0, stopLevel = 0 
*  @return array of madmanFile objects, but you can modify it to 
*  return whatever suits your needs.  
*/

    public static function getFiles( $path = '.', $accept, $currentLevel = 0, $stopLevel = 0){

            $path = trim($path);                    //trim whitespcae if any
            if(substr($path,-1)=='/'){$path = substr($path,0,-1);}  //cutoff the last "/" on path if provided
            $selectedFiles = array();
            try{
                    //ignore these files/folders
                    $ignoreRegexp = "/\.(T|t)rash/";
                    $ignore = array( 'cgi-bin', '.', '..', '.svn');
                    $dh = @opendir( $path );
                    //Loop through the directory
                    while( false !== ( $file = readdir( $dh ) ) ){
                            // Check that this file is not to be ignored
                            if( !in_array( $file, $ignore ) and !preg_match($ignoreRegexp,$file)){
                            $spaces = str_repeat( ' ', ( $currentLevel * 4 ) );
                                    // Its a directory, so we need to keep reading down...
                                    if( is_dir( "$path/$file" ) ){
                                            //merge current selectFiles array with recursion return which is
                                            //another array of selectedFiles
                                            $selectedFiles = array_merge($selectedFiles,MadmanFileManager::getFiles( "$path/$file", $accept, ($currentLe$
                                    } else{
                                            $info = pathinfo($file);
                                            if(in_array($info['extension'], $accept)){
                                                    $selectedFiles[] = new MadmanFile($info['filename'], $info['extension'], MadmanFileManager::getSize($

                                            }//end if in array
                                    }//end if/else is_dir
                            }
                    }//end while
                    closedir( $dh );
                    // Close the directory handle
            }catch (Exception $e){
                    echo 'Caught exception: ',  $e->getMessage(), "\n";
            }

            return $selectedFiles;
    }