urban-filehub/app/FileManager.php

<?php

namespace App;

/**
 *
 *
 *
 */

class FileManager
{
    /**
     *
     *
     *  @param  [type] $path [description]
     *  @return [type]       [description]
     *
     */
    public function find($path)
    {
        $results = [];

        $directories = [];

        $files = [];

        // getting files from directory
        $items = scandir($path);

        foreach($items as $file) {

            // ignore parent directories
            if ($file === '.' || $file === '..') {
                continue;
            }

            // getting meta for file
            $meta = stat($path.'/'.$file);

            $result = [
                'filename' => $file,
                'is_file' => is_file($path.'/'.$file),
                'meta' => [
                    'updated_at' => \Carbon\Carbon::parse($meta['mtime'])->format('d.m.Y h:m:i')
                ]
            ];

            if ($result['is_file']) {
                $result['meta']['size'] = $this->formatBytes($meta['size']);
                $files[] = $result;
            } else {
                $directories[] = $result;
            }
        }

        // sorting by filename
        usort($directories, [$this, 'sortByFilename']);
        usort($files, [$this, 'sortByFilename']);

        // adding directories
        foreach($directories as $directory) {
            $results[] = $directory;
        }

        //  adding files
        foreach($files as $file) {
            $results[] = $file;
        }

        return $results;
    }

    /**
     *  sorting by filename, function for usort 
     *
     */
    private function sortByFilename($a, $b)
    {
        if (strtolower($a['filename']) < strtolower($b['filename'])) {
            return 0;
        } else {
            return 1;
        }
    }

    /**
     *
     *  @param  [type]  $size      [description]
     *  @param  integer $precision [description]
     *  @return [type]             [description]
     */
    private function formatBytes($size, $precision = 1)
    {
        if ($size === 0) {
            return '0 bytes';
        }

        $base = log($size, 1024);
        $suffixes = array('bytes', 'kB', 'MB', 'G', 'T');

        return round(pow(1024, $base - floor($base)), $precision).' '.$suffixes[floor($base)];
    }

}