Number of files of type

[Anon]

is there a way to put the number of files of a certain type(.zip,.txt,etc.) in a variable so that it could say something like "There are [number] .zip files in this directory."?

[prycejones]

This will list all files in a directory

$handle=opendir('.');
echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
echo "Files:\n<br>";
while ($file = readdir($handle)) {
echo "$file\n<br>";
}
closedir($handle);

It wouldnt be too hard to check what file type it is (in the while loop) and add a counter.

Hope its what you want

Pryce

[carlosa69]

Hmmm... this should work

<?php
if ($handle = opendir('/path/to/files')) {
echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
echo "Files:\n";
$ext=".zip"; //put the extension here
$num=0;

while (false !== ($file = readdir ($handle)))
{
echo "$file\n";
if (eregi("$ext", $file))
{
$num++;
}
}
?>