counting files?

viveleroi0

I can find how to read a directory, but I can't figure this out.

How can I count the number of total files found in a directory?

stolzyboy

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
	<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<body>
<?
if ($handle = opendir('directory_to_count'))
{
$i = 0;
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle)))
{
$i++;
}
echo "There are " . $i . " files in this directory";
closedir($handle);
}
?>
</body>
</html>