How to loop throught folders and subfolders and create using Laravel? - php

Question

Hi need help in creating nested folders.
I currently have a folder called images and i would like to clone the folders and save it in a different folder call backup. and the backup will only happen when user clicks backup.
For example:
- Images
- Car
- A
- A1
- A1-1
- A2
- B
- Van
How can i write the code so that it will create the folders?
Currently i have done this so how can i do it?
public function sync(Request $request)
{
$arr = [];
$folderToSync = $request->input('folderName');
$originalPath = public_path($folderToSync);
$newFolderPath = public_path('S3/'.$folderToSync);
$this->createFolder($newFolderPath); // create the selected folder
$directories = $this->getAllFolders($originalPath); // getting all folders under the original path
$this->folder($directories, $newFolderPath, $originalPath);
dd('end');
}
public function createFolder($path)
{
if (!is_dir($path)) {
#mkdir($path, 0777, true);
}
}
public function folder($directories, $newFolderPath, $originalPath)
{
foreach ($directories as $directory) {
$newPath = $newFolderPath.'/'.$directory;
$oriPath = $originalPath.'/'.$directory;
$this->createFolder($newPath);
$subFolders = $this->getAllFolders($oriPath);
if ($subFolders) {
$this->subfolder($subFolders, $newPath);
}
}
}
public function subfolder($directories, $path)
{
foreach ($directories as $directory) {
$this->createFolder($path.'/'.$directory);
}
}
public function getAllFolders($path)
{
return array_map('basename', \File::directories($path));
}
public function getAllFiles($path)
{
return;
}
but its not creating the subfolders. How can i modify it ?
i would run the code every week and i want to check also which folder have been created and which have not been created. if the folder does not exist then create the folder.

Answer 1

I would have a look at the storage api from the Laravel documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/filesystem#directories
To acquire folders and subfolders:
// Recursive...
$directories = Storage::allDirectories($directory);
Creating a new directory:
Storage::makeDirectory($directory);
Storing files:
Storage::put('file.jpg', $contents);
Storage::put('file.jpg', $resource);
The put method will take either the file contents or a resource.
Don't forget to include the Storage facade:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;