Hey Rich, > > 1) read the files from a directory, discard the > files > > with a .php extention and the directories (eg: . > and > > .. ) > > > > 2) put the files into an array ($the_files[]) > > > > 3) put it into a while loop and display the files > like > > so: > > //Only do files over 2 hours old: > if ((time() - filectime($dir...[$i])) > 60*60*2){ > > > echo $the_files[$i] . date("F d Y H:i:s.", > > filectime($directory_with_files.$the_files[$i])); > > } > > You may need a '/' in there... > Thanks for replying, solved it, I am using Stuts suggestion/code (all credit to him) like so: $threshold = strtotime('-1 hours'); (for or while loop comes here){ if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$the_files[$i])) { if (filectime($directory_with_files.$the_files[$i]) < $threshold) { echo "<b>".$the_files[$i] ." - ". date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($directory_with_files.$the_files[$i]))." ".$file_time_details[0]."</b><br>"; } } } And it works perfectly.... if you see anything wrong with the above or would like to suggest a change, feel free to tell me, am feeling "brain low" so it is possible i missed something. For now I am doing a simple echo, will be changing that to some manipulation of the files as the project goes along. One step at a time... Cheers! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=bXVzaWNndTc%3D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php