<?php

/**
* 此方法由@Tonton 提供
* http://my.oschina.net/u/918697
* @date 2012-12-12
*/
function genTree5($items) {
foreach ($items as $item)
$items[$item['pid']]['son'][$item['id']] = &$items[$item['id']];
return isset($items[0]['son']) ? $items[0]['son'] : array();
}

/**
* 将数据格式化成树形结构
* @author Xuefen.Tong
* @param array $items
* @return array
*/
function genTree9($items) {
$tree = array(); //格式化好的树
foreach ($items as $item)
if (isset($items[$item['pid']]))
$items[$item['pid']]['son'][] = &$items[$item['id']];
else
$tree[] = &$items[$item['id']];
return $tree;
}

$items = array(
1 => array('id' => 1, 'pid' => 0, 'name' => '江西省'),
2 => array('id' => 2, 'pid' => 0, 'name' => '黑龙江省'),
3 => array('id' => 3, 'pid' => 1, 'name' => '南昌市'),
4 => array('id' => 4, 'pid' => 2, 'name' => '哈尔滨市'),
5 => array('id' => 5, 'pid' => 2, 'name' => '鸡西市'),
6 => array('id' => 6, 'pid' => 4, 'name' => '香坊区'),
7 => array('id' => 7, 'pid' => 4, 'name' => '南岗区'),
8 => array('id' => 8, 'pid' => 6, 'name' => '和兴路'),
9 => array('id' => 9, 'pid' => 7, 'name' => '西大直街'),
10 => array('id' => 10, 'pid' => 8, 'name' => '东北林业大学'),
11 => array('id' => 11, 'pid' => 9, 'name' => '哈尔滨工业大学'),
12 => array('id' => 12, 'pid' => 8, 'name' => '哈尔滨师范大学'),
13 => array('id' => 13, 'pid' => 1, 'name' => '赣州市'),
14 => array('id' => 14, 'pid' => 13, 'name' => '赣县'),
15 => array('id' => 15, 'pid' => 13, 'name' => '于都县'),
16 => array('id' => 16, 'pid' => 14, 'name' => '茅店镇'),
17 => array('id' => 17, 'pid' => 14, 'name' => '大田乡'),
18 => array('id' => 18, 'pid' => 16, 'name' => '义源村'),
19 => array('id' => 19, 'pid' => 16, 'name' => '上坝村'),
);
echo "<pre>";
print_r(genTree5($items));
print_r(genTree9($items));

//后者输出格式，前者类似，只是数组键值不一样，不过不影响数据结构
效果图：