[PHP] File ordering

[Lowell Allen]

> I am doing a 'readdir' on a subdirectory. I did my file naming counting on

> it ordering based on numbering... But when I do the readdir it isn't doing
> it. My naming convention 002_2003_66.jpg would indicate the 66th picture for
> the month of Feb in 2003. This gave me automatic sorting. So I thought. But
> it doesn't seem to be doing it. The server is a linux server
> ((IStop/Doncaster consulting) and I don't see why the ordering is screwing
> up. I checked the create dates and that isn't the ordering choosen (I have
> pictures from July showing up between pictures from March).
>
> Thoughts, suggestions?
>
> Katherine
>
> This is the clip of code(srcdir being passed in):
>
> $imgdir = "$srcdir/images";
> $txtdir = "$srcdir/txt";
> $imgdh = opendir($imgdir);
> $txtdh = opendir($txtdir);
>
> while($file = readdir($imgdh)) {
> if(substr($file,-3)=="jpg") {
> $imgFiles[] = $file;
> $textFileName = substr($file,0,-3)."txt";
> $textFiles[] = $textFileName;
> }
> }

Just sort the $imgFiles array.

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Lowell Allen

[Curt Zirzow]

* Thus wrote Katherine Barry (katherine@manaiakoru.com):

> I am doing a 'readdir' on a subdirectory. I did my file naming counting on
> it ordering based on numbering... But when I do the readdir it isn't doing
> it. My naming convention 002_2003_66.jpg would indicate the 66th picture for
> the month of Feb in 2003. This gave me automatic sorting. So I thought. But

hmm.. this wont sort properly:
002_2003_66.jpg
002_2004_66.jpg
003_2003_66.jpg

Use YEAR_MONTH_NUMBER.jpg

also,
002_2003_123.jpg
002_2003_66.jpg

Isn't entirely what you want.


Curt
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