Re: Need to find newest file in dirs

I think you'll find that the only date associated with a unix-ish file will be the date last modified, not the date written to disc, so you won't be able to do it. Justin on 09/08/02 1:15 AM, Michael Carter (mcarter@ragingwire.com) wrote: > Thanks, Justin. > > Yes, I agree on the OS issues. For the record, I'm using Solaris 2.6. > > The uploads are via FTP, so I *could* look at the logfiles for the last > upload sorted by authorized users, but I was hoping for a php specific > solution. I considered writing an upload page in php, but given ftp's > integration into Microsloth Exploder, it'd be a lot of work that is > already addressed. > > What I was looking for was something akin to a recurse of the user's > directories, grabbing the image files, comaring dates and selecting the > latest for that user. Then I was hoping to end up with an array of user > => latest file/date. From that I would select the "newest" entry and > display that user's name. > > Come to think about it, it would be even better to perhaps show the > *last* date *per user* that a file was uploaded as well. Of course, if I > can get over the initial hump this would be icing. :) > > #mikec > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:07 AM > To: Mike Carter; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Need to find newest file in dirs > > > This will be very OS-specific. The other problem will be that I *think* > the > only date associated with a file is the date last modified, NOT the date > last written to HDD, but of course, that will vary with some OS's. > > When they upload, do they FTP, or do it via PHP scripts / browser? > > If so, then you can keep track of the latest files with either the file > system or with a mysql database... > > > Justin French > > > on 09/08/02 12:55 AM, Mike Carter (mikec@aviate.org) wrote: > >> Hello all. I have a number of directories into which users can deposit >> pictures which are displayed on the Web through a PHP viewer I wrote. >> >> I'd like to add the ability to show which user was the last to upload > a file >> to their directory so that as you visit the site you can see where new > files >> are without looking through every user's picture directory. >> >> The directory structure is dynamic; user's dirs come and go, and their >> contents change. Here is the current structure: >> >> dir pics >> |-- User1 >> |-- User2 >> |-- User3 >> >> The end result I am looking for is the directory name which contains > the >> newest *.gif or *.jpg file. Then I'll either colour-code the username > on the >> web site or just print a line saying "Last upload: August 10, 2002 by >> User1". Any help would be appreciated! >> >> Thanks.. >> MikeC >> >> >