Get files from folder (date, name, size). + Filter, Sort, Ignore.

get_files.php

<?php
public function scan_dir($dir, $contains = null, $sort = 'date', $ignored = array('.', '..', '.htaccess')) {

  $files = array();
  $finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);

  foreach (scandir($dir) as $i => $file) {
    preg_match('/'.$contains.'(\D)/', $file, $matches);
    if (isset($contains) && is_string($contains) && count($matches) === 0) continue;
    $files[$i] = array(
      'date' => filemtime($dir . '/' . $file),
      'name' => pathinfo($file, PATHINFO_FILENAME),
      'file' => $file,
      'path' => $dir,
      'size' => $this->human_filesize(filesize($dir . '/' . $file)),
      'mime' => finfo_file($finfo, $dir . '/' . $file),
      'type' => MIME::group(pathinfo($dir . '/' . $file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)),
    );
  }

  finfo_close($finfo);

  usort($files, function($a, $b) use ($sort) {
    if( is_string($a[$sort]) ) 
      return strcmp(strtolower($a[$sort]), strtolower($b[$sort]));
    else
      return $a[$sort] - $b[$sort];
  });

  return ($files) ? $files : false;
}