Order opendir alphabetically?

listenmirndt

I am wondering how I would re-write this code so that directories found are sorted aplhabetically..

<?PHP
$filearray = array(); 
if ($fil = opendir("apps/$_GET[lang]")) {
	while (($file = readdir($fil)) !== false) {
		if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { 
			$filearray[] = $file;
			$filepieces = explode(".", "$file");
			$filename = $filepieces[0];
                        //-------------------------
			?>


<div class="listbox" style="width: 240px; height: 160px;"> <a href="<?php echo strtolower($file) . ".php"; ?>"><img style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" src="images/<?php echo $file; ?>.png" border="0" width="48"></a> 
<a href="<?php echo strtolower($file) . ".php"; ?>"> <b>
<?php echo $file; ?>
</b> </a> 

<p>

<?PHP 
$FG = file_get_contents(apps/$_GET[lang]/$filename/caption.php?lang=$_GET[lang]&app=$filename&show=$_GET[show]&csymbol=$_GET[csymbol]&currency=$_GET[currency]&qun=$_GET[qun]&qpw=$_GET[qpw]&domain=$_GET[qun]"); 
echo $FG;
?>
</p>
</div>
<?PHP
                        //-------------------------			    

		}
	}
closedir($fil);
}
?>

bradgrafelman

Store the directory names/paths in an array, and use one of the array sorting functions (e.g. [man]natsort/man) to sort that array before processing it.

jeepin81

I would create your array of directory items, asort your array and then loop through your array to display your data on the screen.

example:

$filearray = array();  

if ($fil = opendir("apps/$_GET[lang]")) { 
    while (($file = readdir($fil)) !== false) { 
        if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {  

            $filearray[] = trim($file); 

	}
}
}
 asort($filearray); //sort your array
 echo '<pre>'.print_r($filearray,1).'</pre>';  // just a printed out example of the sorted array

//then foreach() loop through your array to display your HTML

NogDog

[man]glob/man can streamline the process of getting the paths into an array. Note that if you just want file names, you can chdir() to the desired directory first:

$curDir = getcwd();
chdir('apps/'.$_GET['lang']);
$files = glob('*.php');
chdir($curDir);
natcasesort($files);
// do stuff with the $files array now
//

Weedpacket

NogDog wrote:
natcasesort($files); 

Of course this line is only necessary if glob's lexicographical sorting doesn't match your own definition of "alphabetical"; in which case you might save a whisker by telling glob not to bother doing its own sorting.

NogDog

Weedpacket;11011703 wrote:
Of course this line is only necessary if glob's lexicographical sorting doesn't match your own definition of "alphabetical"; in which case you might save a whisker by telling glob not to bother doing its own sorting.

Might be OS-dependent, too?

Weedpacket

NogDog wrote:
Might be OS-dependent, too?

Quite possible (haven't checked); "alphabetical order" isn't really that well-defined, so different orderings are possible.