[PHP] sorting files in directory

Hi all, I have several directories filled with files written like this: * 02-09-19-filename.etc * 02-10-02-anotherfile.whatever How does php order these files if read from the directory and printed to the screen? -- I need them in date order, do I need to sort them somehow? Many

RE: [PHP] sorting files in directory

: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:02 AM To: php-general Subject: [PHP] sorting files in directory Hi all, I have several directories filled with files written like this: * 02-09-19-filename.etc * 02-10-02-anotherfile.whatever How does php order these files if read from the directory and printed

Re: [PHP] sorting files in directory

Yes, you do. Add each dir to an array, sort the array, then loop through it printing the dirs out. Nick Wilson wrote: Hi all, I have several directories filled with files written like this: * 02-09-19-filename.etc * 02-10-02-anotherfile.whatever How does php order these files if read

Re: [PHP] sorting files in directory

Justin French wrote I think PHP reads them in date created order, or something else... The order is not guarantied, it just happens to be so. I suppose most filesystems return files in the order they were added to the directory, but also reuse the space left after deleting a file. --

Re: [PHP] sorting files in directory

* and then Justin French declared How does php order these files if read from the directory and printed to the screen? -- I need them in date order, do I need to sort them somehow? There's an optional second parameter for asort() and rsort(), so check it out in the manual... it