count how many files in a directory?

[searain]

To count how many files in a directoy, I have to open a directory, write a while loop to read the directory and keep the count number.

Is there a direct way to count how many files in a directory?

Thanks!

[robert_w_ark]

Try this...

<?php

/* Initialize counter */
$count = 0;

/* Set directory name */
$dir = "/bin";

/* Open directory and parse file list */
if (is_dir($dir))
{
  if ($dh = opendir($dir))
  {
    /* Iterate over file list */
    /* Print filenames */
    while (($filename = readdir($dh)) !== false)
    {
      if (($filename != ".") && ($filename != ".."))
      {
        $count ++;
        echo $dir . "/" . $filename . "\n";
      }
    }
    /* Close directory */
    closedir($dh);
  }
}

echo $count." files listed.";

?>

🙂