Sort Alphabetically / Directories

[darkapec]

I am a php newb. I have 2 somewhat simple problems. First I have a huge list of movies that I would like sorted in a drop down list alphabetically. I already have the drop down list made and the movies show up correctly. But I cannot figure out how to sort the list. Here is the code

 

<?php

$dir="/backup/Movies";

if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {

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

      {

          if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "index.php")

  {

          $thelist .= '<option>'.$file.'</option>';

          }

      }

  closedir($handle);

  }

?>

<form action="listen.php" method="post" name="table">

<select name="Movie">

<P><?=$thelist?></p>'

</select>

</form>

 

Second problem is inside this directory there are a few other directories is it possible to make the directories show at the top instead of them being sorted alphabetically with the movies.

 

Thanks in advance

Jake

[kenrbnsn]

You can either use the glob function which returns the files already sorted, or put the files into an array and sort that array before generating the HTML.

Something like:

<?php
$dir="/backup/Movies";
$files = array();
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
	if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && $file != "index.php")
	{
		$files[] = $file;
	}
}
closedir($handle);
}
sort($files)
?>
<form action="listen.php" method="post" name="table">
<select name="Movie">
<p>
<?php
$tmp = array();
foreach ($files as $file) {
	$tmp[] = "<option value='$file'>$file</option>";
}
echo implode("\n",$tmp) . "\n";
?>
</p>
</select>
</form>

 

As for your other question, use 2 arrays and put the files in one array and the directories in the other array. Sort each array and then output the contents.

 

Ken

[darkapec]

Thank you much for your help, as for using multiple scripts for each folder... that is exactly what I was thinking, after I posted of course.

 

Thanks again for your fast response time. I found a lot of info on sorting alphabetically on the forums but they all seemed so code specific and because I am so new to .php I really needed the help.

 

Jake