Counting files in a folder

[Kitty]

Hello everyone who's reading this! I have a script that counts how many files I have in a specific folder, but I recently added index.html files with a redirect script in them to all of my folders and now I don't want my script to count that index.html file. So, is it possible to make it count all files except for 1? This is the script I'm using:

 

<?php

$path_layouts = opendir("/home/***/public_html/graphics/layouts");

while ($directory_layouts = readdir($path_layouts))
{
if ($directory_layouts != "." && $directory_layouts != "..")
{
$counter_layouts++;
}
}

echo $counter_layouts;

closedir($path_layouts);

?>

 

Thanks!

[papaface]

If its just one file you could just do a simple -1 calculation.

But im sure there is a more appropriate method.

[utexas_pjm]

<?php

$path_layouts = opendir("/home/***/public_html/graphics/layouts");

while ($directory_layouts = readdir($path_layouts))
{
if ($directory_layouts != "." && $directory_layouts != ".." &&  $directory_layouts != "index.html")
{
$counter_layouts++;
}
}

echo $counter_layouts;
closedir($path_layouts);

?>

[JJohnsenDK]

Why not just do this:

 

<?php

 

$path_layouts = opendir("/home/***/public_html/graphics/layouts");

 

while ($directory_layouts = readdir($path_layouts))

{

if ($directory_layouts != "." && $directory_layouts != ".." || $directory_layouts != "index.html")

{

$counter_layouts++;

}

}

 

echo $counter_layouts;

 

closedir($path_layouts);

 

?>

 

If you have several files that you dont want counted put them in an array...

[JJohnsenDK]

Woops, sorry... kinda stol the solution from utexas_pjm. Sorry mate, didnt see your reply

[Kitty]

You guys are quick and awesome! Thanks a lot!

[utexas_pjm]

No problem.  One thought, I think you meant

&& $directory_layouts != "index.html"

 

as

 

|| $directory_layouts != "index.html")

 

will cause the conditional to return true if $directory_layouts != "index.php" even if $directory_layouts == ".." or ".".

 

I think it was just a mistype, but I thought I'd point it out so no one gets confused.

 

Best,

 

Patrick

[Kitty]

Hmm, thanks, but if I use || instead of && my files number increases with 3!  ???

[utexas_pjm]

I'm sorry, I don't think I was clear.  Use the code I posted with the "&&", the "II" will implicitley count the "." and "..".

[Kitty]

No worries! Thank you very much!