Re: Reading File Name

On Friday 14 February 2003 08:40, PR wrote: > Hello all, > > I am fairly new to PHP and I am trying to read files in > the directory (gif files)and based on the names of > the files create links on the page. The words within the file will be > separated with underscores(02_13_2002_This_file_name.gif but I do not > have to use underscores if it is going to make things easier). > I am also trying to sort the names as they are represented as > names/dates combination.. You'll find that using ISO format for date -- YYYYMMDD (with underscores/hyphens/whatever between each element if you wish) -- will enable easy sorting by date. > Could anyone help me to jump start this especially with splitting the > name and sorting? Should I read the file names into an array and sort it? > (read first 10 characters [date] split it - put into an array; then > read the rest parse it and place into an array?) Use explode(). And yes, use arrays. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. -- Jeannette Rankin */