RE: [PHP] sorting files in directory
I've done this by reading the directory contents into an array and then sorting that array. This really sorts on filename and not date, but your filenames seem to contain dates so this might work for you. James Hicks -Original Message- From: Nick Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 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 to the screen? -- I need them in date order, do I need to sort them somehow? Many thanks... -- Nick Wilson // www.tioka.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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 from the directory and printed to the screen? -- I need them in date order, do I need to sort them somehow? Many thanks... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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 *may* be needed to get what you want. Great, thanks everyone. Just wondered if it would have problems with asort() and the dates in the filenames like: * 02-11-23-whatever.php * 02-12-03-whatever.php Cheers... -- Nick Wilson // www.tioka.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
