[SOLVED] Get all Files within a Directory and Subdirectories

[jacko310592]

Hey guys,

 

is there a way to scan all subdirectories within a main directory for JPG files?

 

i know how to use 'Glob' to grab JPG files from a single/current directory, just cant find a wayto make it grab all JPG files from all the subdirectories.

 

is this even possible?

 

thanks

[premiso]

You will have to use loops, mainly recursive loops.

 

scandir may also help you in your trek, but it is possible. Look at the manual for glob and scandir, I am sure there is user-contributed code that already does this for you. No need to re-invent the wheel.

[jacko310592]

thanks premiso, i'll look into that

[jacko310592]

i think i solved it, just thought id share incase anyone else is also trying to do the same thing...

 

<?php
$it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator("gallery");
foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it) as $file) {
echo $file . "\n";
}
?>

 

which gets all the files it can find within the main directory,

then you can just use...

 

if (stristr($file, "indexThumb.jpg")===FALSE)

 

to make it exclude any files/subdirectories you dont want it to pick up

[premiso]

Well done.

 

Please mark topic solved (bottom left hand corner), thanks for posting the solution as well!