Order directory output

[Pastor Steve <smarquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, thanks for all your help today.

I have the following code and I am trying to order the output. Currently it
seems really random. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

<?php

$dir = "content/current/breaking_news/";

// set pattern
$pattern = ".txt*|.TXT*";

// open directory and parse file list
if (is_dir($dir))
{
if ($dh = opendir($dir))
{

//This is the div that contains the wrap around for the breaking news
section.
echo "
    <div class=\"spstory\" style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, Times,
serif; font-size: 12px; width: 290px;\">
        <div style=\"width: 285px; background-color: #FFFFCC; padding:
3px;\">
            <span class=\"NormalHeadRed\">Breaking News</span>
            <br />Please check here often for breaking news stories.
        </div>
            <p />
        <span class=\"NomalText\">
        
        <ul>";

// iterate over file list
while (($filename = readdir($dh)) !== false)

{

// if filename matches search pattern, print it
if (ereg($pattern, $filename))
   if(strpos($filename,'.')>0)

{
$fh = fopen("$dir" . "$filename", "r");

    $filehead = fgets($fh);

fclose($fh);
echo "
        <li class=\"bn_bullet\">
            <a href=\"/breaking_news/$filename\">$filehead</a>
        </li>";
}
}
echo "
        </ul><p />
        </span>
    </div>";

// close directory
closedir($dh);
}
}

?>

Thank you,

--
Steve Marquez