Counting Files In Folder

[Osteel]

Hey everyone,

Im working on this website with my brother for my cousin and to save my cousin some effort, I need to be able to count the number of files that are contained in a folder.

Im pretty sure it will require Php, so if anyone know how or of any tutorials, could you please point me in the right direction?

Many thanks

[jasonsplace]

<?php
//get path of directory containing this script
$dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].dirname($PHP_SELF);
//open a handle to the directory
$handle = opendir($dir);
//intitialize our counter
$count = 0;
//loop through the directory
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
//evaluate each entry, removing the . & .. entries
if (is_file($file) && $file !== '.' && $file !== '..') {
$count++;
}
}
echo $count;
?>

[Osteel]

Hey it works, thanks alot Jason!

Is that possible to integrate with flash, or is it straight Php script.

[oVMXo]

I was trying to find out how to count the number of files in a folder (to use it with an image/video gallery), and I found this old thread.

Anyway, I've tried that script in my server, and for some reason it doesn't seem to work.

If I place the .php file in the root dir of my server, it always returns 0, no matter the number of files in there.

Then if I try to place it inside any other subfolder, I always get this:

Warning: opendir(//imagenes): failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /home/www/hoysesale.awardspace.com/imagenes/contador.php on line 5

Warning: readdir(): supplied argument is not a valid Directory resource in /home/www/hoysesale.awardspace.com/imagenes/contador.php on line 9
0

Could anyone give me a clue of what I need to do?
Thanks in advance

[silentweed]

yeah use loadVars in flash to sendAndLoad to the php file given to u above... and echo out the variable from php as

echo &numberOfFiles=$count&;