How can PHP be used to read and sort multiple .txt files in a folder based on their creation date?

To read and sort multiple .txt files in a folder based on their creation date using PHP, you can use the scandir() function to get a list of files in the directory, then use filectime() to get the creation date of each file. Finally, you can sort the files based on their creation dates using the usort() function. 

$dir = 'path/to/folder/';
$files = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('..', '.'));
usort($files, function($a, $b) use ($dir) {
    return filectime($dir . $a) - filectime($dir . $b);
});

foreach($files as $file) {
    echo $file . "\n";
}

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