#34615 [Opn->Bgs]: RecursiveDirectoryIterator is not recursive

ID: 34615 Updated by: johannes@php.net Reported By: richard dot quadling at bandvulc dot co dot uk -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: SPL related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.0.5 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php You need a RevursiveIteratorIterator. Have a look at http://cvs.php.net/php-src/ext/spl/examples/ or Marcus' slides at http://talks.somabo.de Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-23 15:30:03] richard dot quadling at bandvulc dot co dot uk 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34615&edit=1