sorting the files in order

 <?php
 $directory = ".....some directory....";
 $files = glob($directory ."*.txt");
 $items = array();
 $dateArray = array();
foreach ($files as $file) {
	$l =  basename( $file );
	 basename( $file ) . "<br />";
	$Ffile = trim($l, ".txt");
	$Ft = trim($Ffile, "Transcript taken on ");
	$datetrimed = date("Y M d", strtotime($Ft));
	$j = "<a href='#'
	  onClick=\"window.open('"open url".$l."','NewWin','toolbar=no,status=no,width=500,height=300,scrollbars=yes');\"
	  >".
	  $datetrimed.
	  "</a>";
	$items[] = $j;
	  }

function sort_date($arr) {
  $size = count($arr);
  for ($i=0; $i<$size; $i++) {
      for ($j=0; $j<$size-1-$i; $j++) {
          if (strtotime($arr[$j+1]) < strtotime($arr[$j])) {
              swap($arr, $j, $j+1);
          }
      }
  }
  return $arr;
}

function swap(&$arr, $a, $b) {
  $tmp = $arr[$a];
  $arr[$a] = $arr[$b];
  $arr[$b] = $tmp;
}
sort_date($items);

print_r($items);
echo "<div id='filelist'>";
foreach ($items as $item) {
echo $item. "<br />";
	  }
"</div>";
 ?>