Re: most latest file

Harpreet wrote:

Actually I have a backups folder that gets once a day backups of the database automaticcaly. I want to be able to know the name fo the the latest file to do the restore. The name of the files have the time stamp and plus file has a time last mdified date attached to it. How can I know which file got restored last using php and also the file name. Thanks

<?php $directory = 'path/to/backups/directory'; $handle = opendir($directory) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { if ($file != "." && $file != ".." && fileatime($file) > $time) {

    $time = fileatime($file);
    $lastModifiedFile = $file;

} } closedir($handle); echo $lastModifiedFile; ?> http://www.php.net/readdir http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fileatime.php or, to check file creation times: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.filectime.php