Getting an array of files - recursive

[idflwebmaster]

I am trying to write a recursive funciton that will produce an array of pdf filepaths within a directory and all its subdirectories. This is what I have so far:

function getPDFArray($dirPath) {

$list = array();
$dir = opendir($dirPath);
$cnt = 0;
while ($file = readdir($dir)) {
	$cnt++;
	$curFile = $dirPath . '/' . $file;
	//echo $curFile;
	if (is_file($curFile) && eregi("pdf$", $file)) {
		array_push($list, array($curFile, date("Y/m/d", filemtime($curFile))));
	}
	elseif (is_dir($curFile) && ($file != ".") && ($file != "..")) {
		array_push($list, array("DIR>>  " . $curFile, ""));
		$list += getPDFArray($curFile);
	}
}
echo "Number in directory, $dirPath: " . $cnt . "<br />";
return $list;
//$files = scandir(
closedir($dir);
}

It seems to work, kind of. It will list a lot of the files even a lot of file one or two directories down. But It is not getting ALL of them. In one folder, it gets the first file, but none of the rest. In another, it will get them all. And yet in another, it gets none. Any suggestions??

Peter, IDFL
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[kilbey1]

I would highly recommend the following function for you:

http://www.lixlpixel.org/recursive_function/php/recursive_directory_scan/

"This PHP function scans a given directory and lists all files and subdirectories it finds and has permission to read. The script recursively goes through all directories and retains the directory/content relation.

It returns an array with the complete file structure and many file informations like filesize, path, name and extension. You can very easily add whatever PHP function you want, like last modified time, mime-type and more."

Very well written. I use it in many of my scripts.

[idflwebmaster]

Thank you for your quick reply. I will try that.

Peter