Sort directory listing

[gpnetin]

Below is my current code and currently works fine. However, I want to have the output sorted or displayed by filenames.

Please help. thanks, Nestor

<?
$handle = opendir('.');
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{

if ($file != '.' && $file != '..' && $file != '.htaccess' && $file != '.htpasswd' && !preg_match("/.php/",$file))
{
$num=count($file);
for ($a=0; $a < $num; $a++)
{
$file_size = filesize($file);
$last_mod = date("m/d/Y G:i:s", filectime($file));
echo ("<TR><TD bgcolor='ffffff'><A HREF='$file'><h1>$file</h></A></TD>");
echo ("<TD bgcolor='ffffff'><h1>$file_size</h></TD>");
echo ("<TD bgcolor='ffffff'><h1>$last_mod</h></TD></TR>");

}

}
}
closedir($handle);
echo "</table></td></tr></table>";

?>

[pitcher17]

You could always read the filenames into an array and then sort the array. If you want other information about each filename then either create more arrays or build a two-dimensional array.

<?php
$dir = "/etc/php5/";

// Open a known directory, and proceed to read its contents
if (is_dir($dir)) {
   if ($dh = opendir($dir)) {
       while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
              //$file is the filename
              $fileNameArray[] = $file;
        }
   }
}

This gives you the array then you just have to sort it.

$fileNameArray = sort($fileNameArray); 

I believe that should give you what you are looking for...

..I reserve the right to say whoops, forgot to test that code....

[launchcode]

You need to do as pitcher suggested and read the values into an array that you can sort - the file system will return the files in whatever order it feels like at the time, it isn't always consistent or logical (to us anyway).