//if you don't want to output directly
        ob_start();
        $this->directory_children($dir);
        $con = ob_get_contents();
        ob_end_clean();
        return $con;
    }
    public function directory_children($param)
    {
        $cleanPath = realpath($dir) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
        $scanDir = scandir($cleanPath);
        // read directory content
        echo "<ul>";
        foreach ($scanDir as $file) {
            //skip loop if find . ..
            if ($file == "." || $file == "..") {
                continue;
            }
            echo "<li>";
            echo $file;
            if (is_dir($cleanPath . $file) && is_readable($cleanPath . $file)) {
                $this->directory_children($cleanPath . $file);
            }
            echo "</li>";
        }
        echo "</ul>";
    }
}
$rd = new RD();
echo $rd->directory("E:\\Virtual_Windows\\wamp\\www\\PHP-Tutorial");