AW: AW: [PHP] Help with recursive function

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Jeffry Killen [mailto:jekillen@prodigy.net] > Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Februar 2015 18:38 > An: Robert Stoll > Cc: 'PHP General' > Betreff: Re: AW: [PHP] Help with recursive function > > > On Feb 6, 2015, at 1:09 AM, Robert Stoll wrote: > > > Hey Jeffry, > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: Jeffry Killen [mailto:jekillen@prodigy.net] > >> Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Februar 2015 07:40 > >> An: PHP General > >> Betreff: [PHP] Help with recursive function > >> > >> Hello again; > >> > >> I am writing a recursive file system reading method (just for the > >> challenge, i am re inventing a wheel) > >> > >> and I am only getting to the third level below the initial dir when I > >> know there is five levels below. > >> > >> I don't see why: > >> > >> private function getDirList($_dir) > >> { > >> $_out = array(); > >> $_valid = ''; > >> $_DR = opendir($_dir); > >> while($_x = readdir($_DR)) > >> { > >> switch($_x) > >> { > >> case '.': > >> case '..': > >> break; > >> default: > >> if(is_dir($_x)) > >> { > >> $_valid = self::screen($_dir.'/'.$_x, > >> 'dir'); > >> if($_valid['error']) > >> { > >> self::$_readError[count(self:: > >> $_readError)] = $_valid['error']; > >> continue; > >> } > >> else if($_valid['pass']) > >> { > >> self::$_dirsToRead[$_dir.'/'.$_x] = true; > >> self::getDirList($_dir.'/'.$_x); /// > >> <<<< > >> this should accumulate directories, shouldn't > > it? > >> } > >> } > >> else if(is_file) > >> { > >> continue; > >> } > >> break; > >> } > >> } > >> closedir($_DR); > >> } > >> > >> thank you for time and attention > >> JK > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, > >> visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > I do not see that you are actually doing something with the > > directories. You never store them in $_out nor are you returning > > $_out. Might this be the error? Probably you omitted some code, if so, > > then please provide the whole code (you could past it to 3v4l.org and > > provide the link) One other thing I spotted is the else if branch: > > > > else if(is_file) > > > > should be > > > > else if(is_file($_x)) > > > > Cheers, > > Robert > > > > Thank you for pointing out the "else if(is_file)" error Also, I have been in such a > habit of adding $_out = array() that I did > that here but it is not being used in this method. > > The current status is that I am getting a valid list of directories and no self::$_readErrors. > It is just not going deep enough. > > This line > >> self::$_dirsToRead[$_dir.'/'.$_x] = true; > collects the directories as the code finds them. > It is a static member variable. > There is another public method that calls this method. > > public function run($_do, $_params)// $_params should be an array > { > $_out = array(); > // do gettype on $_params > $_stat = ''; > $_argType = gettype($_params); > $_execType = gettype($_do); > if($_argType != 'array') > { > $_stat = "parameters argument must be and array: > but is: ".$_argType; > } > if($_execType != 'string') > { > if($_stat) > { > $_stat .= "\nexecution argument must be a string, but is > ".$_execType; > } > else > { > $_stat = "execution argument must be a string, but is > ".$_execType; > } > } > if($_stat) > { > $_out['error'] = self::$_className."->run error: > Bad input argument type: ".$_stat; > return $_out; > } > switch($_do) > { > case 'dirList': > self::getDirList($_params['dir']); > $_out['doing'] = $_do; > $_out['dirs'] = self::$_dirsToRead; > $_out['error'] = self::$_readError; > break; > //// etc... The rest of the cases are just for testing purposes at the moment. > } > return $_out; > } > As you can see in the case label, self::$_dirsToRead is returned as $_out['dirs']; > This line in the code: $_valid = > self::screen($_dir.'/'.$_x, 'dir'); checks to see if the directory in > question is readable and executable. > If not it is added to self::$_readError > and skipped. > > The class def contains: > // etc... > private static $_readError = array(); > private static $_dirsToRead = array(); > private static $_dirsRead = array(); > private static $_className = ''; > > public function __construct() > { > self::$_homePath = getcwd(); > self::$_className = get_class($this); > } > // etc... > > I hope this is enough, > thanks for further time and attention > JK > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php[Robert Stoll] $ Hm... the only thing I can think of right now is that your directories are empty and therefore not recognised as directories (is_dir returns false)