note 74588 deleted from function.readdir by nlopess

Note Submitter: Paul Gregg ---- I just released an updated version of preg_find() [which has been linked from the glob() man page for years] - this function should provide most of what you want back from reading files, directories, different sorting methods, recursion, and perhaps most powerful of all the ability to pattern match with a PCRE regex. It would be unfair to spam the note with a huge paste, so you can Download preg_find here: http://www.pgregg.com/projects/php/preg_find/preg_find.php.txt or if you prefer colourful .phps format: http://www.pgregg.com/projects/php/preg_find/preg_find.phps I wrote several examples on how to use it on my blog at: http://www.pgregg.com/forums/viewtopic.php?tid=73 But briefly here: simple glob() type replacement: $files = preg_find('/./', $dir); recursive? $files = preg_find('/./', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE); pattern match? find all .php files: $files = preg_find('/\.php$/D', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE); sorted alphabetically? $files = preg_find('/\.php$/D', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_SORTKEYS); sorted in by filesize, in descending order? $files = preg_find('/./', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_RETURNASSOC |PREG_FIND_SORTFILESIZE|PREG_FIND_SORTDESC); $files=array_keys($files); sorted by date modified? $files = preg_find('/./', $dir, PREG_FIND_RECURSIVE|PREG_FIND_RETURNASSOC |PREG_FIND_SORTMODIFIED); $files=array_keys($files); and much more. Enjoy.