@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ A PHP CLI script to ouput the contents of a whole directory tree to a JSON objec
by Ryan, 2015
URL: http://www.ryadel.com/
# What does it do
## What does it do
It fetches a directory tree structure like this:
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It can be very useful when working with Javascript frameworks and/or similar scenarios where you need to load/browse/show a directory structure without being allowed to access the system IO.
The code it's meant to be used as a dedicated CLI script (see **Usage** section below), but you can also execute it from a standard, web-hosted PHP page by populating the $argv[] array directly from code. If you need further help to implement it into a PHP page, contact me and I'll update the docs accordingly.
# General rules
## General rules
* If a folder contains only files (without subfolders), they will be listed as items of a single array.
* If a folder contains one or more subfolders, each one will be listed as a key/value array.
* If a folder contains files and subfolders, both will be listed as a key/value array: each file will have an auto-generated numeric key starting from 0 (numbers already used by a subfolder's name will be skipped).
# Usage (from CLI)
The code it's meant to be used as a dedicated CLI script, but you can also execute it from a standard, web-hosted PHP page by populating the $argv[] array directly from code. If you need further help to implement it into a PHP page, contact me and I'll update the docs accordingly.