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<?php $paths = [ "fileZ.php", "folder1/content/file1.php", "folder1/content/file2.php", "folder1/edit/file1.php", "folder1/edit/file2.php", "folder1/pagination/file1.php", "folder1/pagination/file2.php", "folder1/toolbar/file1.php", "folder1/toolbar/file2.php", "folder2/cms/html/file1.php", "folder2/cms/html/file2.php" ]; $result = []; foreach ($paths as $path) { $temp = &$result; $entries = explode("/", $path); $file = array_pop($entries); foreach($entries as $folder) { $temp = &$temp[$folder]; } $temp[] = $file; unset($temp); } var_export($result);
Output for 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.27, 8.4.1 - 8.4.14
array ( 0 => 'fileZ.php', 'folder1' => array ( 'content' => array ( 0 => 'file1.php', 1 => 'file2.php', ), 'edit' => array ( 0 => 'file1.php', 1 => 'file2.php', ), 'pagination' => array ( 0 => 'file1.php', 1 => 'file2.php', ), 'toolbar' => array ( 0 => 'file1.php', 1 => 'file2.php', ), ), 'folder2' => array ( 'cms' => array ( 'html' => array ( 0 => 'file1.php', 1 => 'file2.php', ), ), ), )

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