How do you get a directory listing sorted by creation date in PHP?

Question

I have to list directories by using scandir() function but result array should be sorted according to date and time of directory created.

Regards Deepak

Have a look at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1386092/sorting-files-with-directoryiterator — rojoca, Oct 14 '09 at 08:52

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '09 at 12:07

1

you could try backticks

$listOfFiles = `ls -ltr`;

and then use explode to get the into an array format

answered Oct 14 '09 at 12:07

Phill Pafford

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '09 at 06:59

0

With scandir() you cannot.

Check this

answered Oct 14 '09 at 06:59

NinethSense

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 22 '11 at 20:12

0

Problem can be solved by using filemtime($dirPath) function.

code sample:

if (file_exists($dirPath)) {
    echo "last modified: " . date ("F d Y H:i:s.", filemtime($dirPath));
}

edited Nov 22 '11 at 20:12

Jason Plank

answered Oct 14 '09 at 07:10

Deepak

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 14 '09 at 07:21

0

Get results you need into an array and sort it... I'm not aware of a scandir option that can do this directly.

answered Oct 14 '09 at 07:21

MaxVT

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