A recursive PHP function that returns all the contents of a folder

php-explore-recursive.php

function explore_recursive($path) {
    $contents = glob($path .'*', GLOB_BRACE);
	if (count($contents) > 0) {
		foreach ($contents as $item) {
			$file['name'] = basename($item);
			// $file['location'] = $item;
			$found = explore_recursive($item . '/');
			if ($found) { $file['contents'] = $found; }
			$branch[] = $file; 
		}
		return $branch;
	}
	return false;
}

//you can use it like
$nodes = explore_recursive('../my folder/');