Not sure if this is possible, but ill ask anyways.

I have a script with a variable "$totalfiles" and it contains the number of files in a specified directory (ie. if /root/folder1 contains 10 files, $totalfiles==10)

When i have been adding and deleting files from these dir's i have been manually changing the variable in the script accordingly.

Im looking for a script to count the number of files in a directory and automatically set $totalfiles to the correct number so that other people can add and delete files without having to change the script.

The script does not connect to a database.

It would be very appreciated if you could explain any code given so i can understand how it works and learn from it in the future. I understand your all busy so if you dont have time to explain any code i understand, im sure i can figure it out after some googling

Thanks in advance for all replies, it is greatly appreciated.

Possible. just read a dir for files and increment a counter.

PHP Code:

$dir = "path_to_the_dir";
$handle = opendir($dir);
$count = 0;
while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) 
{
if (is_file($file) && $file !== '.' && $file !== '..') 
{
$count++;
}
}
$count = $count - 1;
echo $count; 


Look onthe readdir() function explaination for an exemple:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php

Here is a function I have worked up:

PHP Code:

<?php
  
  // Use the following example:
  echo 'Files Counted: ' . count_files('/path/to/directory/');
  
  echo "<br />\n";
  
  // Or use the following to not count files included in sub folders
  echo 'Files Counted (root dir only): ' . count_files('/path/to/directory/', false);
  
  
  // Requires trailing slash in path string
  function count_files($path, $include_subdirectories = true) {
    $return = 0;
    if (!is_dir($path)) $return = false;
    if ($return === 0 && $dir = @dir($path)) {
      while ($file = $dir->read()) {
        if ($include_subdirectories && trim($file) != '.' && trim($file) != '..' && is_dir($path . $file . '/')) {
          $return = (is_int($cf = count_files($path . $file . '/'))) ? $return + $cf : $cf;
        }
        if (is_file($path . $file)) $return++;
      }
    }
    return is_int($return) ? $return : 'An error has occurred with function count_files(), be sure to use trailing slash in path';
  }
  
?>

Thank you for all replies, will be trying code tomorrow!