Hi Thank you for answering my question Jim. I didn't notice the message get into the list because I get errors when posting and then I quit to post and try to solve the problem. Your solution is good and nice. I used scandir() instead of glob() with a recursive function. Best regards holo "Jim Lucas" <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:47C701FC.2020202@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Holografix wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm using Spl RecursiveDirectoryIterator to traverse a directory and have >> no problem with it but now I'm stuck. I only need to display directories >> with no files in it. >> >> Can someone help with this? >> >> My current code: >> >> set_time_limit(0); >> >> $files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new >> RecursiveDirectoryIterator('c:\dev'), >> RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); >> foreach($files as $file) { >> if ($files->isDir()) { >> echo $file . "<br/>"; >> } >> } >> >> I have >> c:\dev >> c:\dev\php >> c:\dev\php\file1.php >> c:\dev\php\file2.php >> c:\dev\php\test >> c:\dev\php\test\db >> >> I would like to display 'test' because although there is a 'db' folder, >> there are no files in c:\dev\php\test >> >> >> >> Bets regards, >> holo > > This should do what you are looking to do. > > Someone else might find a better way of doing it, but this will work. > > <?php > > set_time_limit(0); > > $path = './'; > > $files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new > RecursiveDirectoryIterator($path), RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST); > foreach($files as $file) { > if ($files->isDir()) { > if ( ( $results = glob($file.'/*') ) !== false ) { > $file_found = false; > foreach ( $results AS $entry ) { > if ( is_file($entry) ) { > $file_found = true; > break; > } > } > > if ( !$file_found ) > echo $file . " DOES NOT contain files\n"; > > } > } > } > > > -- > Jim Lucas > > "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, > and some have greatness thrust upon them." > > Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V > by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php