Order file by last mod

Hi all
i've got a directory where php creates a txt file every time someone update his stock.

i create file txt like this:

customer-last-update-stock-05-06-2008---10-29-42.txt

i read the files in the directory with this script:

if ($handle = opendir('/web/htdocs/directory/home/customer/update_stock/')) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { 
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { 
            echo "<a href=\"../customer/update_stock/$file\" target=\"_blank\">$file</a><br>\n"; 
        } 
    }
    closedir($handle); 
}

PHP:

now my question is..

how can i order and print the files by last mod time??
there is any way?

hope you can help

bye bye

 

Try reading about

fopen()

PHP:

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By the way, Why don't you use MySQL database. It's much better on storing changes than a TXT file.

 

I agree, mysql would be better. But, if you want to do with files and you are on unix, you can also execute a shell command for 'ls -r' or 'ls -rt' depending on which order you want.

 

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=925117

<?php

$show = 0; // Leave as 0 for all
$dir = ''; // Leave as blank for current

if($dir) chdir($dir);
$files = glob( '*.{html,php,php4,txt}', GLOB_BRACE );
usort( $files, 'filemtime_compare' );

function filemtime_compare( $a, $b )
{
    return filemtime( $b ) - filemtime( $a );
}
$i = 0;
foreach ( $files as $file )
{
    ++$i;
    if ( $i == $show ) break;
    echo $file . ' - ' . date( 'D, d M y H:i:s', filemtime($file) ) . '<br />' . "\n";  /* This is the output line */
} 

PHP:

 

thank you all
i have found this solution

$arrayfile = Array();
function ordina($file1,$file2)
{
    $tempo1 = filectime($file1);
    $tempo2 = filectime($file2);
    return ($tempo1 < $tempo2) ? 1 : -1;
}
if ($handle = opendir('/web/htdocs/domain/home/customer/update_stock/'))
{
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
    {
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
            $arrayfile[]='../customer/update_stock/'.$file;
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
    usort($arrayfile,'ordina');
    //print_r($arrayfile);
    foreach($arrayfile as $txt)
    {
        echo "<a href=\"$txt\" target=\"_blank\">".str_replace("../customer/update_stock/","",$txt)."</a><br>\n";
    }
}
clearstatcache();

PHP:

 

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