Help with alphabetizing folder contents

[jay1318]

First of all - wonderful site! Great people and very helpful for a newbie like me.

 

I have a simple php script that shows the files in a particular folder. Its working great but I need the results to return alphabetized. Much thanks in advance!

 

Here's my code...

 

<?PHP

 

$folder =

 

"/my/complete/path/";

 

 

 

$handle = opendir($folder);

 

# Making an array containing the files in the current directory:

while ($file = readdir($handle))

 

 

{

 

  $files[] = $file;

  }

 

  closedir($handle);

 

  #echo the files

  foreach ($files as $file) {

 

 

if($file == "." || $file == ".." || $file == "index.php" || $file == "thisfilename.php")

 

  continue;

  echo "<li><a href=$file>$file</a></li>"."<br />";

  }

 

  ?>

 

 

[Maq]

sort

[The Eagle]

EDIT:  Maq beat me to posting it. Haha, anyways.

 

If you want it in ascending order use,

 

rsort()

[Maq]

An empty array and a variable by itself with incorrect syntax.  What exactly is that supposed to do?

[jay1318]

That's it? Cool. But, can you possibly tell me where exactly to place it in the code or what it might replace?

 

Thanks again!

[vineld]

http://php.net/sort

[The Eagle]

http://php.net/sort

 

Maq already posted that Vineld, ha. 

 

That's it? Cool. But, can you possibly tell me where exactly to place it in the code or what it might replace?

 

Thanks again!

 

Take this example jay,

 

$fruits = array("lemon", "orange", "banana", "apple");
sort($fruits);

[Maq]

That's it? Cool. But, can you possibly tell me where exactly to place it in the code or what it might replace?

 

Thanks again!

 

Considering that sort takes an array, you may want to give it the array with the folder names.

[kenrbnsn]

I would use the glob function, since it returns the files in the directory already sorted by default.

 

Ken

[jay1318]

Well, still having trouble. This script is actually one I found online somewhere. Only modified it to not show the name of the php file itself.

 

Not sure why its returning the files out of order. Figured they'd be alphabetized by default.

[Maq]

If you don't use kenrdnsn's solution, then you're going to have to invoke the sort method on the array that contains all the file names ($files).  glob is made for such a task, you should probably use it instead.

[jay1318]

In reading about the glob function, it does indeed appear to be the way to go. Unfortunately, as such a php novice, having trouble incorporating it correctly into the current script.

[Maq]

In reading about the glob function, it does indeed appear to be the way to go. Unfortunately, as such a php novice, having trouble incorporating it correctly into the current script.

 

What's the problem you're having?

[jay1318]

Where exactly to put it.

[lonewolf217]

that depends what you want to do with it.  you can find dozens of examples on google

 

here is a simplistic version of what glob can do

<?php
$files = glob("C:\*.*");
echo "<pre>";
print_r($files);
echo "</pre>"
?>

[Maq]

Missing a semi-colon after your second echo.