List server folders and files as tree with Folder View ASP/PHP

Question:

How can I display the files and sub folders on the server in Folder View?

FolderView

Answer:

Folder View use unordered list for building the tree. You have to construct the unordered list, in order to display the files and sub-folders of particular folder of your server into a tree.

To do that you can use the following code to get the files and sub-folder and build the list:
(It is provided both for ASP and PHP. Chose the appropriate one depending on your server-side language)

* ASP (VBScript)

If you use ASP VBScript for server-side language, you could add the following code to your page:

<%
Sub ListFolder(path)
Dim fs, folder, file, item

     Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
     Set folder = fs.GetFolder(path)

     'Display the target folder.
     Response.Write("<li>" & folder.Name)
     Response.Write("<ul>" & vbCrLf)

    If (folder.Files.Count > 0)OR(folder.SubFolders.Count >0) Then

        'Display a list of sub folders.
        for each item in folder.SubFolders
           ListFolder(item.Path)
        next

        'Display a list of files.
        For each item in folder.Files
           Response.Write("<li>" & item.Name & "</li>" & vbCrLf)
        Next
    End If

     Response.Write("</ul>" & vbCrLf)
     Response.Write("</li>" & vbCrLf)
End Sub
%>

To use the code into your Folder View, you just have to replace the automatically generated unordered list with the execution of the ListFolder function.
Upload is the name of the folder which content will be displayed into the tree.

For example:

* PHP

If you use PHP for server-side language, you could try the following code:

<?php
function ListFolder($path)
{
    //using the opendir function
    $dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die("Unable to open $path");

    //Leave only the lastest folder name
    $dirname = end(explode("/", $path));

    //display the target folder.
    echo ("<li>$dirname\n");
    echo "<ul>\n";
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir_handle)))
    {
        if($file!="." && $file!="..")
        {
            if (is_dir($path."/".$file))
            {
                //Display a list of sub folders.
                ListFolder($path."/".$file);
            }
            else
            {
                //Display a list of files.
                echo "<li>$file</li>";
            }
        }
    }
    echo "</ul>\n";
    echo "</li>\n";

    //closing the directory
    closedir($dir_handle);
}
?>

To use the code into your Folder View, you have to replace the automatically generated list with the execution of the ListFolder function.

For example:

Notes: Have in mind that the above code will display all the content into defined folder (all files and the sub-folders with their content).

DISCLAIMER:

This is extra complimentary content which purpose is to show additional usage that is not part of the product, i.e. it suggests tips for extending the functionality of the product by the users themselves. It is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied , including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and nonfringement of third party rights.

DMXzone does not take responsibility to support the suggested content to be fully compatible and working as intended and does not provide support for extended functionality which is not included in the current release of the extension.

It is highly recommended that only more advanced developers use it.

List server folders and files as tree with Folder View ASP/PHP

Comments

Good one