PHP, read directory contents in reverse order

[Supermercado]

I'm working on a slight modification to my website and want to read the contents of a directory in reverse order. By default, readdir() does it in the order the files appear. Is there a good, preferably easy, way to reverse the order that readdir() works? I'm sure I could come up with a way to get the files in the order I want, but if I can just read them backwards, that'd be a lot easier and more efficient.

Thanks to anyone that can help.

 

[AFB]

Use an array as a stack.

Or read it into an array and use

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.array-reverse.php

then spit it out.

 

[Supermercado]

Thanks, amdfanboy. Doing that or something like it had crossed my mind but I figured I'd check and see if there was an argument or something that could be passed to readdir or something that would do it as the files were read. I guess not. Doesn't matter, though, I can make that work. Thanks.

 

[stndn]

scandir?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: stndn
scandir?

It's sorted in alpha order

By default, the sorted order is alphabetical in ascending order. If the optional sorting_order is used (set to 1), then sort order is alphabetical in descending order.

 

[Supermercado]

Well, couldn't scandir be used? If it returns an array of the files and directories (which can be ignored easily) and had an option for reverse alphabetical order (sort of what I want - I'm using dates, like 05.25.2004 and 08.19.2004 where the August date is later in the "alphabet" than the May date), couldn't I just use that? I think I'll play around with it and see if I can get it to work. That'd be a lot easier than the other way I was thinking I'd have to end up doing it.