[Resolved] list files in directory

[chucklarge]

Hi,
I havet this script to list the files in a directory as a link. It works well but the order is not alphabetized. I would like to alphabetize the file names and leave out the actuall script file name from the list. The file is 'list.php' What is the best way to do this?

<?php

$dirpath = 'directory';
$dh = opendir($dirpath);
while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
{	if (!is_dir("$dirpath/$file"))
	{	echo "<a href=directory/$file>$file<br />\n</a>";
   	}
}
closedir($dh); 

?>[code=php] 


Thanks,
chuck

[Weedpacket]

Read the filenames into an array, sort the array, then read through the sorted array and generate output.

[chucklarge]

Hi,
Ok i have my sorted directory listing. It is working well, i just wanted to see if there were a faster method or ways to optimize it.

Also, I want to see how to skip over certain files, like .htm and .php files. So when I read the file into the array, I would just skip over it. Thanks,
Chuck

<?php

$dirpath = 'directory';
$dh = opendir($dirpath);

while (false !== ($file = readdir($dh)))
{	if (!is_dir("$dirpath/$file"))
	{	$file_name_array[] = $file; 
	}
}

sort($file_name_array);

foreach($file_name_array as $filename)
{	echo "<a href=directory/$filename>$filename<br />\n</a>";
}
closedir($dh); 

?>

[Maller]

you could try this , tho it´s pretty much the same but you have the option to ignore certain file types.

<?php
$dir = ".";
if ($handle = opendir( $dir )) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
        if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && !strstr($file, '.php')) {
            echo "<a href=\"$file\">$file</a><br>\n";
        }
    }
    closedir($handle);
}
?>

[LordShryku]

Considering php5 released final yesterday, here's a php5 solution...

dir    = '/tmp';
$files = scandir($dir);
$find  = array('php', 'txt', 'jpg');
foreach($files as $file) {
   if(in_array(substr($file, -3), $find)) {
      echo $file.'<br />';
   }
}

Careful with the strstr search. A lot of people would name include files like file.php.inc, and that would show up in the search.