How can PHP be optimized to ensure files are read and sorted efficiently in a directory?

To optimize PHP for efficiently reading and sorting files in a directory, you can use the scandir() function to retrieve an array of file names, sort the array using functions like natcasesort() or natsort(), and then loop through the sorted array to process the files. 

// Get the list of files in the directory
$files = scandir('path/to/directory');

// Sort the files alphabetically
natcasesort($files);

// Loop through the sorted files
foreach ($files as $file) {
    // Process each file
    echo $file . "<br>";
}

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