file structure into XML?

[nikefido]

Has anyone come across some info or know of a decent way to show a file structure in XML?

 

Right now my php creates a multi-dimensional array. If the main array's element is an array, it's a folder. If the element is not an array, it's a file.

 

My main purpose is to read through a file directory and create an XML file that can be loaded into a Flash movie to be read through (using AS3) to recreate the file structure in a flash movie.

 

So, the array as it is after my function that reads the directory:

Array
(
    [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/.DS_Store
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/.DS_Store
            [1] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image1.jpg
            [2] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image2.jpg
            [3] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image3.jpg
            [4] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image4.jpg
            [5] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image5.jpg
            [6] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image6.jpg
            [7] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image7.jpg
            [8] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image8.jpg
            [9] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/image9.jpg
            [10] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/left.psd
            [11] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/middle.psd
            [12] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/right.psd
            [13] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb1.jpg
            [14] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb2.jpg
            [15] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb3.jpg
            [16] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb4.jpg
            [17] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb5.jpg
            [18] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb6.jpg
            [19] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb7.jpg
            [20] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb8.jpg
            [21] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_images/thumb9.jpg
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/.DS_Store
            [1] => Array
                (
                    [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery/.DS_Store
                    [1] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery/AC_RunActiveContent.js
                    [2] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery/gallery.as
                    [3] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery/image.as
                    [4] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery/thumbnail.as
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery2/gallery.as
                    [1] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery2/image.as
                    [2] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_gallery2/thumbnail.as
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_packages/_preloader/preloader.as
                )

        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [0] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_xml/.DS_Store
            [1] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/_xml/gallery.xml
        )

    [4] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/AlphaMasking.zip
    [5] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/ape_a045.zip
    [6] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/BloodEffect.as
    [7] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/dropMenu.ZIP
    [8] => /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/Example.zip
)

 

 

now my function to "convert" it into xml:

<?php
function arrayToXml($myArray) {
$output = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"\n";
$output .= "<structure>\n";

foreach($myArray as $xmlFile) {
	if(is_array($xmlFile)) {
		$newXMLFile = $xmlFile;
		$output .= "<directory>\n";
		arrayToXml($newXMLFile); //reiteration function
		//echo "<p>Directory: " . $xmlFile . "</p>";
		$output .= "</directory>\n";
	} else {
		$output .= "<file>: " . $xmlFile . "</file>\n";
		//echo "File: " . $xmlFile . "</p>";
	}//end if
}//end foreach
$output .= "</structure>";
return htmlentities($output); //html entities only for testing purposes
}//end funcion
?>

 

This function outputs:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"\?>
<structure>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/.DS_Store</file>
<directory>
</directory>
<directory>
</directory>
<directory>
</directory>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/AlphaMasking.zip</file>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/ape_a045.zip</file>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/BloodEffect.as</file>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/dropMenu.ZIP</file>
<file>: /Users/Chris/Sites/_resources/Example.zip</file>
</structure>

 

This clearly isn't all the files! (there's no files within the directory tags).

 

If I change my foreach function to just echo out all files and directories, it does so properly (those parts are commented out above).

 

Why isn't this outputting correctly?

[nikefido]

bump - the problem should  just be in PHP function - the other stuff is just example output!

 

Just want to put a file structure into an xml format!