RE: [PHP] Need to find newest file in dirs

Actually, since the files being uploaded don't exist on the server, they are created, hence their modification date is the date it was uploaded, which suits my purpose. I guess at this stage what I'm looking for is a good way to sort files in a directory by date in order to get the one with the latest mod date. #mikec -----Original Message----- From: Justin French [mailto:justin@indent.com.au] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 8:24 AM To: Michael Carter; Mike Carter; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] 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 >> >> >