This is what I just tried, $pagelist
returned null:
$pagelist = array();
$base = '/usr/share/webapps/dokuwiki/wikis/wiccawicci.com';
$file = '/tarot/reviews/';
$search_opts = array(
'depth' => 1,
'pagesonly' => true,
'listfiles' => true,
'listdirs' => true,
'skipacl' => true
//'firsthead' => true
);
search(
$pagelist,
$base,
'search_universal',
$search_opts,
$file,
1
);