How to list all the folders and its files in php

Question

I have a folder and it contains directories in it.Some of the directories contains files and some other contains another directory with its file.What I want is list all the files from the folder.Suppose my folder is A and it contains folder B and C.B contains some mp3 files and in C there is another folder D and in D there are some mp3 files.How it possible to list all mp3 files from B and D.Please help.

Did you try something? Start with [`dir()`](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dir.php) — Mihai Iorga, Dec 11 '13 at 10:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '13 at 10:09

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function find_all_files($dir) 
{ 
    $root = scandir($dir); 
    foreach($root as $value) 
    { 
        if($value === '.' || $value === '..') {continue;} 
        if(is_file("$dir/$value")) {$result[]="$dir/$value";continue;} 
        foreach(find_all_files("$dir/$value") as $value) 
        { 
            $result[]=$value; 
        } 
    } 
    return $result; 
}

answered Dec 11 '13 at 10:09

pratim_b

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you should include the link of your code source: http://ch2.php.net/scandir – Suresh Kamrushi Dec 11 '13 at 10:15
Nope. I used it in my code long ago. Forgot from where I copied. – pratim_b Dec 11 '13 at 10:16
sound good. check the link also. – Suresh Kamrushi Dec 11 '13 at 10:17
nice you checked. Finally got the source :) – pratim_b Dec 11 '13 at 10:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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while scanning directory you only want mp3 files. try directory iterator

$scan_it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator("/example_dir");

foreach(new RecursiveIteratorIterator($scan_it) as $file) {
  if (strtolower(substr($file, -4)) == ".mp3") {
    echo $file;
  }
}

How to exclude file types from Directory Iterator loop

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Community

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answered Dec 11 '13 at 10:12

Maz I

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '13 at 10:16

 function Read_Dir($dir) {
        $dh = opendir($dir);
        $files = array();
        while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
            $flag = false;
            if ($file !== '.' && $file !== '..') {
                  // check here if file is a directory then use it recursively
                $files[] = trim($file);

            }
        }
        return $files;

    }

Hope it helps

How to list all the folders and its files in php

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