listing *some* files within a given directory

[neorunner]

I am using the following code to pull a list of all files in a directory:

<?

   if ($handle = opendir('directory_here/')) {

    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {

       if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
              echo $file . "<br>";

       }

    }

}

closedir($handle);

?> 

I figured this one out, but I still have other questions below This works well, but it lists ALL files in the directory, including sub directories, php files, and .htaccess files. Is there a way to alter this script so it will only list .html files?

Also, is there a way to limit the display to 50 files, before it displays a link to another page with 50 more?

Finally, is there a way to display the output newest to oldest?

Thanks in advance.

Frank

[Roger_Ramjet]

Have a look at glob() for filtering the file list, and don't forget the user notes at the bottom. Don't know how you would order by date though.

[ravnen]

I guess getting all files and their modification date of selected directory in one go, and store them in an array, serialize and store to session, then build pages for listing and viewing from there, could be the way to do it...maybe 🙂

[Roger_Ramjet]

There are a couiple of functions in the user notes on glob() that do sorting by file date. Mostly they use rsort() , which has some better functions in it's user notes to order newest to oldest, so go there and try them out.

You will not be able to limit the original list to a given number as you have to get it then sort it. But array sliice() will do that for you afterwards.