#34615 [NEW]: RecursiveDirectoryIterator is not recursive

From: richard dot quadling at bandvulc dot co dot uk Operating system: Windows PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: SPL related Bug description: RecursiveDirectoryIterator is not recursive Description: ------------ Hopefully, my simple brain can explain this properly. I want to use the RecursiveDirectoryIterator class. Iterator = get "elements" from a "list", one at a time. Directory = a "list" of files and directories (and links for those *ix bods). Recursion = Repeat until complete on any "element" which contains a "list". So, DirectoryIterator should return a list of files/directories for a single directory. Which it does. <?php $objDI = new DirectoryIterator("C:/"); foreach($objDI as $key => $value) { echo "$key $value\n"; } ?> produces a list of all the files and directories in the root of my C:. Just like I would expect. A RecursiveDirectoryIterator So, in my limited understanding (OK, I'm being facetous - I've been fighting Crystal Reports all day, so please give me a break), by using the RecursiveDirectoryIterator, I would expect to get a list of all the files and directories and sub-directories from C:\ onwards, a complete treewalk. <?php $objRDI = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator("C:/"); foreach($objRDI as $key => $value) { echo "$key\n"; } ?> But no. All this does is print the same list as DirectoryIterator. Admittedly, the name is now a key and the value is an object, but how is this recursive? Either proper documentation for RecursiveDirectoryIterator (what is it recursing?) or a change to the name as it is NOT recursing is appropriate. I've read the documentation at Helly, but it makes no sense as there no examples. It looks like I have to implement the recursion myself, so what does the class recurse? Hopefully you can see my problem. Richard Quadling. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34615&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34615&r=mysqlcfg