Cannot go into a subdirectory .. :(

[electronish]

Hi ..  I am trying to list all the files and folders in a  specified root folder ..
can  u please help ?
I am trying to do it since some days now and getting errors ..

Previous programs could get the files in a folder but couldnt open a subfolder. Nw this one opens a subfolder But only two step down

Can someone help with a better alternative ?
[code]
<?php
chdir('D:\Myvideo');
$scanthis = getcwd();
scan_dir($scanthis);
function scan_dir($scanthis)
{ $dir = @opendir($scanthis);
while (false!=($file = @readdir($dir))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
$type = filetype($file);
echo "<br>file is $file and it is a $type <br>";
if($type == "dir" )
{
$scanthisdir = $scanthis . "/" . $file;
print "<br><b>this is $scanthisdir for the subfolder</b><br>";
scan_subdir($scanthisdir);
}

}
}
}

function scan_subdir($scanthisdir)
{
$dir = @opendir($scanthisdir);
while (false!=($file = @readdir($dir))) {
if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {

$type = filetype($file);
echo "<br>file is $file and it is a $type <br>";
if($type == "dir" )
{
$scanthisdir = $scanthisdir . "/". $file;
print "<br><b>this is $scanthisdir new for the subfolder</b><br>";
scan_subdir($scanthisdir);
}

counter();

}
}
}
?>[/code]
PS :  i am only 10 days old with PhP .. so its not at all professional !!! Help

[electronish]

Should  i use an array ?

[genericnumber1]

http://de.php.net/manual/en/function.scandir.php

If you look at the comments there they have some ways of doing what I think you want to do.

[Daniel0]

scandir is PHP5 and higher, but you can use this snippet to ensure that it exists (from PHP manual comments): [code]<?php
if(!function_exists('scandir')) {
  function scandir($dir, $sortorder = 0) {
      if(is_dir($dir))        {
          $dirlist = opendir($dir);
          while( ($file = readdir($dirlist)) !== false) {
              if(!is_dir($file)) {
                  $files[] = $file;
              }
          }
          ($sortorder == 0) ? asort($files) : rsort($files); // arsort was replaced with rsort
          return $files;
      } else {
      return FALSE;
      break;
      }
  }
}
?>[/code]

[electronish]

[quote author=Daniel0 link=topic=117494.msg479399#msg479399 date=1165364208]
scandir is PHP5 and higher, but you can use this snippet to ensure that it exists (from PHP manual comments): [code]<?php
if(!function_exists('scandir')) {
  function scandir($dir, $sortorder = 0) {
      if(is_dir($dir))        {
          $dirlist = opendir($dir);
          while( ($file = readdir($dirlist)) !== false) {
              if(!is_dir($file)) {
                  $files[] = $file;
              }
          }
          ($sortorder == 0) ? asort($files) : rsort($files); // arsort was replaced with rsort
          return $files;
      } else {
      return FALSE;
      break;
      }
  }
}
?>[/code]
[/quote]

This returns me nothing ..  I also  set $dir = getcwd()

[electronish]

plzz help

[electronish]

[quote author=electronish link=topic=117494.msg479424#msg479424 date=1165366559]
plzz help
[/quote]

Tried many things . . doesn't work ..
Plz help ..........