This is a very useful snippet if you need to see the complete content of a directory (files, folders, subfolders). The function is defined and applied within its own definition each time folders are found. It’s a recursive function which traverses through the subdirectories until it cannot go any farther.

<?php
/*
Source: Bit Repository
URL: http://www.bitrepository.com/
*/
function read_whole_directory($dir)
{
if ($handle = opendir($dir))
{
$array = array();

    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
			if(is_dir($dir.$file))
			{
                $array[][$file] = read_whole_directory($dir.$file.'/');
			}
			else
			{
                $array[] = $file;
			}
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}

if(is_array($array))
	{
	return $array;
	}
	else
	{
	return false;
	}
}

$dir = '/your/path/to/public_html/'; // IMPORTANT: with '/' at the end

$directory = read_whole_directory($dir);

echo "<pre>"; print_r($directory); echo "</pre>";
?>

NOTE: Make sure your directory string has ‘/’ at the end.

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