file dates

[Anon]

I have a script which gets the files in a certain dir, based on that file name it queries a DB for more in regarding that file, and finally it gets the date of the last modification of that file.
BUT
as we know the function readdir() lists the files alphabeticaly.

I want them listed by date! and sometimes limited to a certain about. but I just dont know how.
I tried messing around with the stat() function, but I'm just not good enough.

any help would be most appreciated!

[mikikg]

In some cases you can use call to a system function LS on Unix or DIR on Windows which hame more options. Here is a simple example:

<?

if(getenv("OS")=="Windows_NT")
{
$tlist1 = shell_exec("cmd /c dir file*.swf /b");
$tlist2 = ereg_replace(" ","&nbsp;",$tlist1);
$tlist = nl2br($tlist2);
echo "<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-3\">\n";
echo $tlist;
echo "</font>";
}

?>

For more information refer manual for LS and DIR commands.