reading directories

[atrumamantus]

Simple question, hopefully has a simple answer.

I have a directory ($someDir) with the contents...

.
..
dir1
text.txt
dir2

and when running the following code...

$dir = dir( $someDir );
while( $File = $dir->read() )
{
if( is_dir( $File ) ) { $dirList[] = $File }
}

print_r( $dirList )

I get an output like this...

Array
(
    [0] => .
    [1] => ..
)

why does it seem to not recognize the other folders as directories?

[itsmeaf]

Hi, this might work a little better, its a recursive function.

    function readdirs($dir){
        $all = scandir($dir);
        echo "<ul>";
        foreach($all as $check){

        if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$check) && $check != "." && $check != ".."){ // the whole path is req'd when checking
            echo "<li>$check</li>";
            readdirs($dir.'/'.$check);
        }

    }
    echo "</ul>";

}

$root  = "root"; // put in your root folder here
echo $root."<br>";
readdirs($root);