Re: array order

David Robley wrote: > On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Theodore Jones wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I have a script that iterates through a series of directories as such: > > > > 01-07-2000 > > 01-14-2000 > > 02-08-2000 > > 02-16-2000 > > 02-23-2000 > > 03-09-2000 > > 03-24-2000 > > 04-07-2000 > > 04-21-2000 > > 07-15-2000 > > 07-22-2000 > > 09-14-2000 > > > > (directory named by date) > > > > when I read all these directories in with an opendir() function and feed them > > into an array, > > my display order seems to follow no logical order when the page comes out. For > > example I would like the "latest" (09-14-2000) directory uploaded to show up at > > the top of the list, and the "oldest" 01-07-2000 directory to appear at the > > bottom of the list. Instead they display in no logical order...? > > > > Here's the portion of code I'm working with: > > > > $thumb_dir_handle = opendir($thumb_dir); > > $a = 0; > > while($file = readdir($thumb_dir_handle)) { > > if((preg_match('/jpg/',$file)) || > > (preg_match('/png/',$file)) || > > (preg_match('/gif/',$file)) || > > (preg_match('/jpeg/',$file))) { > > $file_array[$a] = $file; > > $a++; > > $file_count = count ($file_array); > > } > > } > > > > ... any ideas most greatfully solicited... > > > > Thanks, > > > > ~ Theo > > readdir will simply display the directories and files in the order (or lack > of) that it finds them on the disk - you need to sort them into the order > that you require by sorting the array. Now with a little modification of > your directory structure to yyyy-mm-dd format, you could just do an rsort > on the array to order the values descending. David, I tried to renaming the directories as per your suggestion, but still the same result.. the directories don't get displayed with any chronological order. I even checked the file-creation dates of the directories and couldn't find and order there... any further suggestions? How can I find the order in which they are found on the disk? ~ Theo