Get List of Files in an Array Using PHP Given Path or Directory

<?php 
function scandir_files($path) {
  $arr = scandir($path);
  array_splice($arr, 0, 2);
  return $arr;
}

// sort descending by date & time
function scandir_files($dir) {
    $ignored = array('.', '..', '.svn', '.git', '.htaccess');
    $files = array();    
    foreach (scandir($dir) as $file) {
        if (in_array($file, $ignored)) continue;
        $files[$file] = filemtime($dir . '/' . $file);
    }
    arsort($files);
    $files = array_keys($files);
    return ($files) ? $files : false;    
}

?>