Using scandir() to find folders in a directory (PHP)

Question

I am using this peice of code:

$target = \'extracted/\' . $name[0];  
$scan = scandir($target);

To scan the directory of a folder which is

Answer 1

here is one function i used mostly to parse archives and directories

function scan_full_dir($dir,$child=false){
    $dir_content_list = scandir($dir);
    foreach($dir_content_list as $value) 
    { 
        if($value === '.' || $value === '..') {continue;} 
        // check if we have file 
         if(is_file($dir.'/'.$value)) {
            echo '
 File Name --> '.$value;
            continue; 
         }
        // check if we have directory
        if (is_dir($dir.'/'.$value)) {
            if(!$child){ 
                echo '
 parent --> '.$value;
            }else{
                echo '
 child of '.$child.' --> '.$value;    
            }
            scan_full_dir($dir.'/'.$value,$value);
        }       
    }   
}

output sample

parent --> fonts
File Name --> standard
parent --> steps
child of steps --> pcb
File Name --> .attrlist.sum
File Name --> .profile.sum
File Name --> .stephdr.sum
File Name --> attrlist
child of pcb --> netlists
child of netlists --> cadnet
File Name --> .netlist.sum
File Name --> netlist
File Name --> profile
File Name --> stephdr

// to scan dir

scan_full_dir('path/of/myfolder');

// to scan archive without opening it , supported formats : gz, zip, tar and bz files.

scan_full_dir('phar://uploads/youarchive.zip);