List Files In Directory by Last Modified

Numbah51 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:20 pm

I wanna list the files in a directory with the last modified (added) at the top, then the next, etc. Right now my code is:
(Right now it lists alphabetically)

code:

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('Content\Videos')) {

// List all the files
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
if ($file <> "."){
if ($file <> ".." ){
if ($file <> "Thumbs.db" ){
echo "$file<BR>";
}
}
}
}

closedir($handle);
}

?>

Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated.

EDIT: (I'll leave original message)
i found this code:

code:

<?PHP

$directory="Content/Videos/";
$sortOrder="newestFirst";

$results = array();
$handler = opendir($directory);

while ($file = readdir($handler)) {
if ($file != '.' && $file != '..' && $file != "robots.txt" && $file != ".htaccess"){
$currentModified = filectime($directory."/".$file);
$file_names[] = $file;
$file_dates[] = $currentModified;
}
}
closedir($handler);

//Sort the date array by preferred order
if ($sortOrder == "newestFirst"){
arsort($file_dates);
}else{
asort($file_dates);
}

//Match file_names array to file_dates array
$file_names_Array = array_keys($file_dates);
foreach ($file_names_Array as $idx => $name) $name=$file_names[$name];
$file_dates = array_merge($file_dates);

$i = 0;

//Loop through dates array and then echo the list
foreach ($file_dates as $$file_dates){
$date = $file_dates;
$j = $file_names_Array[$i];
$file = $file_names[$j];
$i++;

echo "File name: $file - Date Added: $date. <br/>"";
}

?>

It doesn't display anything. I can tell the error is in the foreach loop but i cannot seem to fix it

EDIT:
I think I got it. There was an Extra "

wtd · **Posted:** Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:49 am

Investigate array_multisort.

Waffa · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:20 am

I will get error whit the last skript:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '"', expecting ',' or ';' in /home/v3451/public_html/OSc/muudetud.php on line 39

- do i need to change directory also in your last script or it will list this root directory & subdirectory files where the php file is uploaded?

I use my self this script but it does not arrange files by date:

code:

<?php
//Starts Here
//Put here the directory you want to search for. Put / if you want to search your entire domain
$dir='[color=#0008FF][/color]';

//Put the date you want to compare with in the format of: YYYY-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
$comparedatestr="2006-08-12 00:00:00";
$comparedate=strtotime($comparedatestr);

//I run the function here to start the search.
directory_tree($dir,$comparedate);

//This is the function which is doing the search...
function directory_tree($address,$comparedate){

@$dir = opendir($address);

if(!$dir){ return 0; }
while($entry = readdir($dir)){
if(is_dir("$address/$entry") && ($entry != ".." && $entry != ".")){
directory_tree("$address/$entry",$comparedate);
}
else {

if($entry != ".." && $entry != ".") {

$fulldir=$address.'/'.$entry;
$last_modified = filemtime($fulldir);
$last_modified_str= date("Y-m-d h:i:s", $last_modified);

if($comparedate < $last_modified) {
echo $fulldir.'=>'.$last_modified_str;
echo "<BR>";
}

}

}

}

}
?>

jeffgreco13 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:32 pm

look into...
http://php.net/manual/en/function.filemtime.php
.. this returns a UNIX timestamp to be used with the date() function in PHP.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

i recommend using:

code:

date('U');

it gives u the amount of seconds of the given timestamp since the UNIX epoch. Therefore highest number = latest modified.

You could try and get something going with that.

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