Get name of the last modified file in directory

Asked Jun 13 '18 at 13:42

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I have a directory with backups. Those files have the name like this: date('d-m-Y-H-i-s').".sql . When I want to restore the files I need the last modified file to backup. How do I get the name of that file to use it in code?

This is the code for restore:

$command='mysql -h' .$mysqlHostName .' -u' .$mysqlUserName .' -p' .$mysqlPassword .' ' .$mysqlDatabaseName .' < '.$mysqlImportFilename;
exec($command);

What do I have to write on $mysqlImportFilename?

edited Jun 13 '18 at 13:54

Shoukat Mirza

asked Jun 13 '18 at 13:42

Sebastian Lyon

Maybe this will help? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11597421/how-to-get-the-newest-file-in-a-directory-in-php – Nita Jun 13 '18 at 13:44
or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1491020/get-the-latest-file-addition-in-a-directory – Nic3500 Jun 13 '18 at 14:16
trying, I will reply if it works – Sebastian Lyon Jun 13 '18 at 14:21
I get the last file as $lastfile but when I put this in $command is not working. Why? – Sebastian Lyon Jun 13 '18 at 15:13

Get name of the last modified file in directory

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