php - Get the last modified dir - php

Question

A little stuck on this and hoping for some help. I'm trying to get the last modified dir from a path in a string. I know there is a function called "is_dir" and I've done some research but can't seem to get anything to work.
I don't have any code i'm sorry.
<?php
$path = '../../images/';
// echo out the last modified dir from inside the "images" folder
?>
For example: The path variable above has 5 sub folders inside the "images" dir currently right now. I want to echo out "sub5" - which is the last modified folder.

Answer 1

You can use scandir() instead of is_dir() function to do it.
Here is an example.
function GetFilesAndFolder($Directory) {
/*Which file want to be escaped, Just add to this array*/
$EscapedFiles = [
'.',
'..'
];
$FilesAndFolders = [];
/*Scan Files and Directory*/
$FilesAndDirectoryList = scandir($Directory);
foreach ($FilesAndDirectoryList as $SingleFile) {
if (in_array($SingleFile, $EscapedFiles)){
continue;
}
/*Store the Files with Modification Time to an Array*/
$FilesAndFolders[$SingleFile] = filemtime($Directory . '/' . $SingleFile);
}
/*Sort the result as your needs*/
arsort($FilesAndFolders);
$FilesAndFolders = array_keys($FilesAndFolders);
return ($FilesAndFolders) ? $FilesAndFolders : false;
}
$data = GetFilesAndFolder('../../images/');
var_dump($data);
From above example the last modified Files or Folders will show as Ascending order.
You can also separate your files and folder by checking is_dir() function and store the result in 2 different arrays like $FilesArray=[] and $FolderArray=[].
Details about filemtime() scandir() arsort()

Answer 2

Here's one way you can accomplish this:
<?php
// Get an array of all files in the current directory.
// Edit to use whatever location you need
$dir = scandir(__DIR__);
$newest_file = null;
$mdate = null;
// Loop over files in directory and if it is a subdirectory and
// its modified time is greater than $mdate, set that as the current
// file.
foreach ($dir as $file) {
// Skip current directory and parent directory
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') {
continue;
}
if (is_dir(__DIR__.'/'.$file)) {
if (filemtime(__DIR__.'/'.$file) > $mdate) {
$newest_file = __DIR__.'/'.$file;
$mdate = filemtime(__DIR__.'/'.$file);
}
}
}
echo $newest_file;

Answer 3

This will work too just like the other answers. Thanks everyone for the help!
<?php
// get the last created/modified directory
$path = "images/";
$latest_ctime = 0;
$latest_dir = '';
$d = dir($path);
while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
$filepath = "{$path}/{$entry}";
if(is_dir($filepath) && filectime($filepath) > $latest_ctime) {
$latest_ctime = filectime($filepath);
$latest_dir = $entry;
}
} //end loop
echo $latest_dir;
?>