无限极分类

$items = array(
    1 => array('id' => 1, 'pid' => 0, 'name' => 'a'),
    2 => array('id' => 2, 'pid' => 0, 'name' => 'b'),
    3 => array('id' => 3, 'pid' => 1, 'name' => 'c'),
    4 => array('id' => 4, 'pid' => 3, 'name' => 'd'),
    5 => array('id' => 5, 'pid' => 1, 'name' => 'e'),
);
function generateTree($items){
    $tree = array();
    foreach($items as $item){
        if(isset($items[$item['pid']])){
            $items[$item['pid']]['son'][] = &$items[$item['id']];
        }else{
            $tree[] = &$items[$item['id']];
        }
    }
    return $tree;
}
var_export(generateTree($items));