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60<h1>Directory Helper</h1>
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62<p>The Directory Helper file contains functions that assist in working with directories.</p>
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65<h2>Loading this Helper</h2>
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67<p>This helper is loaded using the following code:</p>
68<code>$this->load->helper('directory');</code>
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70<p>The following functions are available:</p>
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72<h2>directory_map('<var>source directory</var>')</h2>
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74<p>This function reads the directory path specified in the first parameter
75and builds an array representation of it and all its contained files. Example:</p>
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77<code>$map = directory_map('./mydirectory/');</code>
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79<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Paths are almost always relative to your main index.php file.</p>
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83<p>Sub-folders contained within the directory will be mapped as well. If you wish to map
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86<code>$map = directory_map('./mydirectory/', TRUE);</code>
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admine334c472006-10-21 19:44:22 +000088<p>Each folder name will be an array index, while its contained files will be numerically indexed.
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91<code>Array<br />
92(<br />
93&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[libraries] => Array<br />
94&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<br />
95&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[0] => benchmark.html<br />
96&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[1] => config.html<br />
97&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[database] => Array<br />
98&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<br />
99&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[0] => active_record.html<br />
100&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[1] => binds.html<br />
101&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[2] => configuration.html<br />
102&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[3] => connecting.html<br />
103&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4] => examples.html<br />
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106&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[7] => queries.html<br />
107&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)<br />
108&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[2] => email.html<br />
109&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[3] => file_uploading.html<br />
110&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4] => image_lib.html<br />
111&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[5] => input.html<br />
112&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[6] => language.html<br />
113&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[7] => loader.html<br />
114&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[8] => pagination.html<br />
115&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[9] => uri.html<br />
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