If you filed a Chapter 7 previously, and received a Discharge, you cannot file again for 8 years from the date of the previous discharge.
If you filed a Chapter 7, and received a Discharge, , you may file a Chapter 13 within the 8 year period.
If you previously filed a Chapter 13 and were discharged, you can file a Chapter 7 within the 8 year period.
The filing is not as important as whether or not a Discharge was entered in your previous case.