[SOLVED] readdir help!

[DanDaBeginner]

i'm just wondering how readdir behave.. does readdir reads the file according to the modified date time?

 

when I used readdir I noticed that it reads the file according to modified date time - and also why there's a dot '.' included to the filename that have been read?

 

heres the code

<?php
if ($open = opendir('myFiles/')) {
while ($file = readdir($open)) {
	echo $file.'- <br>';
}
closedir($open);
}
?>

 

output:

.-

..-

file1.wmv-

file2.wmv-

file3.wmv-

file4.wmv-

file5.wmv-

file6.wmv-

---------------

why there is dot in the output?

[jitesh]

Try like this

 

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

        echo "$file\n";

    }

 

[DanDaBeginner]

thanks.. but -

 

??? still theres a dot...

 

and also:

does readdir reads the file according to the modified date time?

[jitesh]

it returns the filename of the next file from the directory. The filenames are returned in the order in which they are stored by the filesystem.

[DanDaBeginner]

thanks.. I overlooked the manual..I saw it now...