Get last modified file in a directory

Question

Is there a way to select only the last file in a directory (with the extensions jpg|png|gif?)

Or do I have to parse the entire directory and check using

Answer 1

function listdirfile_by_date($path)
{
    $dir = opendir($path);
    $list = array();
    while($file = readdir($dir))
    {
        if($file != '..' && $file != '.')
        {
            $mtime = filemtime($path . $file) . ',' . $file;
            $list[$mtime] = $file;
        }
    }
    closedir($dir);
    krsort($list);

    foreach($list as $key => $value)
    {
        return $list[$key];
    }
    return '';
}