Glob array by number value

Question

I'm using glob to array my sub directories

<?php
$items = glob("../albums/*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
foreach($items as $item) {
    echo "$item\n ";
}
?>

he orders them by the alphabet, i'd like to order them by numbers

if i got sub-directories named 1 , 3 , 5 , 10

the will be arranged like this : 10, 1, 3, 5

i want them to be like this 1, 3, 5, 10

is there an option? thanks

EDIT: now i found natsort($files); and when im using it with:

$items = array_slice(glob('albums/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR), 0, 4);
natsort($items);

and my folders are 995-1000 it gives me this array : 995, 996, 997, 1000

did you try sort() http://php.net/manual/en/function.sort.php — kasper Taeymans, Sep 15 '11 at 09:10
I don't know what this will give, but have you tried GLOB_NOSORT ? — Jaffa, Sep 15 '11 at 09:11

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:10

8

Take a look at natsort()

answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:10

Niko

but now its making a conflict, when used in `$items = array_slice(glob('albums/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR), 0, 4); natsort($items); ` and the folders are 995,996,997,998,999,1000 it gives the 995,996,997 and 1000 – Elad Sep 15 '11 at 09:13
1

you need to do the sorting before the slicing: `$items = glob(..); natsort($items); $items = array_slice($items, 0, 4);` – Niko Sep 15 '11 at 09:23

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:11

5

use natsort to sort the array in natural order:

natsort($array);

answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:11

Headshota

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:16

1

You could sort the array after the glob:

sort($items, SORT_NUMERIC);

answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:16

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 11 '20 at 21:00

1

You can achieve this by using array sorting natsort() like this;

$items = glob("../albums/*", GLOB_ONLYDIR);
natsort($items);

Now if print this array then you get the proper result by this.

print_r($items);

edited Sep 11 '20 at 21:00

Kerem

answered Sep 15 '11 at 09:21

pravat231

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