Re: Recursive Directory Listing

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Joe Schaeffer schreef:
> New to PHP development, new to the list; searched the archives but
> didn't find an answer (or at least nothing i could successfully
> adapt).
> 
> I have a (readable) directory structure like so:
> 
> ../navigation
>     /cats
>     /dogs
>         /beagles
>         /collies
>             /some/other/dirs/
>     /horses
> 
> I need to display those directories in nested html lists (marked up
> with css). Using PHP on the above, I'd like to produce the following
> HTML:
> 
> <ul>
>     <li>cats</li>
>     <li>dogs
>         <ul>
>             <li><beagles></li>
>             <li><collies>
>                 <ul><li>some...</li></ul>
>             </li>
>         </ul>
>     </li>
>     <li>horses</li>
> </ul>
> 
> I'm able to display one level deep (cats, dogs, horses), but not nest
> the lists accordingly. Since this is for a navigation structure,
> obviously I'll have anchors in the <li></li> lines. They'll be
> formatted like so
> href="index.php?section=dogs&chapter=collies&verse=some .
> 
> Some details about my environment:
> 1) no files will be in the /navigation (or sub) dirs, but i'd
> (ideally) like to define a depth, to prevent >3-4 levels of
> navigation.
> 2) I can successfully exclude dirs (. and .. and anything else I define)
> 3) the actual PHP script probably won't be in the /navigation
> directory, so I'll need a defined starting path (ie, $root =
> /site/docs/includes/navigation/ or somesuch...).
> 4) no database access (otherwise this whole contraption wouldn't be an issue...)
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.

RecurisiveDirectoryIterator and FilterIterator classes from SPL is something that will get you home.
the archives and the intertubes offer examples (etc) on how to use these.

> --joe
> 


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