#31435 [Opn->Bgs]: Readdir give unsorted file list output

ID: 31435 Updated by: tony2001@php.net Reported By: info at rustelekom dot biz -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: *Directory/Filesystem functions Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp PHP Version: 4.3.10 New Comment: Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php See http://php.net/readdir : "The filenames are returned in the order in which they are stored by the filesystem." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-01-06 23:44:33] info at rustelekom dot biz Description: ------------ Hello, On other system (with Fedora core 1 kernel version) same code give us file and directory list result sorted by created time (so, file created last - also showed as last in output list), but on this system we have other result and it is looks as unsorted (or sorted not by file created time in other words). On both system we use same locale (koi8r) and filesystem type (ext3). Sincerely Yours Dima Ivanov Reproduce code: --------------- <?php // Note that !== did not exist until 4.0.0-RC2 if ($handle = opendir('./')) { echo "Directory handle: $handle<br>"; echo "Files:<br>"; /* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */ while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { echo "$file<br>"; } /* This is the WRONG way to loop over the directory. */ /* while ($file = readdir($handle)) { echo "$file\n"; } */ closedir($handle); } ?> Expected result: ---------------- Fedora 1 system Directory handle: Resource id #2 Files: . .. SmallNuke_v1.zip SmallNuke_v1 blocks images bandmin-1.6.tar.gz includes language modules themes admin robots.txt modules.php .htaccess header.php footer.php index.php mainfile.php order cgi-bin test.php myLogs sql spaw banners forum.sql header.php.bak eurodns.html banners.php .htaccess.bak footer.php.bak mainfile.php.bak index.html.old api login order.php gate-order.inc.php rupay.php suspended.page index.html index.php.old .htaccess.old history < - this is file which newly created Actual result: -------------- Fedora 2 system Directory handle: Resource id #2 Files: auto.php auto_ind.php pictures search.php damp . sale.php .htaccess style sale_ind.php admin test.php < - this is file which newly created images rasdel_ind.php page.php rasdel.php include .. index.php logo.swf description.php reference.php print.php cgi-bin order.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31435&edit=1