PHP File count inside a folder - php

Question

I'm using bootstrap tables and rows to count how much files are in a folder, but the destination is pointing to a different server the code below does not work.
As i'm using localhost (xampp) trying to do this don't know if its possible.
<?php
// integer starts at 0 before counting
$i = 0;
$dir = 'uploads/'; <!--\\189.207.00.122\folder1\folder2\folder3\test-->
if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
while (($file = readdir($handle)) !== false){
if (!in_array($file, array('.', '..')) && !is_dir($dir.$file))
$i++;
}
}
// prints out how many were in the directory
echo "There were $i files";
?>

Answer 1

Here is a handy little function you might want to try out. Just pass the path to the Directory as the first argument to it and you'd get your result.
NOTE: This Function is RECURSIVE, which means: it will traverse all sub-directories... to disable this behaviour, simply comment out or delete the following lines towards the end of the Funciton:
<?php
}else if(is_dir($temp_file_or_dir) && !preg_match('/^\..*/', $val) ){
getFilesInFolder($temp_file_or_dir);
}
THE CODE:
<?php
$folder = dirname(__FILE__).'/uploads'; // ASSUMES YOUR uploads DIRECTORY
// IS IN THE SAME DIRECTORY AS index.php
// (/htdocs/php/pages)
// OR
$folder = dirname(__FILE__).'/../uploads'; // ASSUMES YOUR uploads DIRECTORY
// IS ONE DIRECTORY ABOVE
// THE CURRENT DIRECTORY (/htdocs/php)
// THIS IS MOST LIKELY RIGHT
// OR
$folder = dirname(__FILE__).'/../../uploads';// ASSUMES YOUR uploads DIRECTORY
// IS TWO DIRECTORIES ABOVE
// THE CURRENT DIRECTORY (/htdocs)
// MAKE SURE THE FOLDER IN QUESTION HAS THE RIGHT PERMISSIONS
// OR RATHER CHANGE PERMISSIONS ON THE FOLDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH IT
chmod($folder, 0777);
var_dump(getFilesInFolder($folder));
// IF YOU PASS false AS THE THE 2ND ARGUMENT TO THIS FUNCTION
// YOU'D GET AN ARRAY OF ALL FILES IN THE $path2Folder DIRECTORY
// AS WELL AS IN SUB-DIRECTORIES WITHIN IT...
function getFilesInFolder($path2Folder, $countOnly=true){
$files_in_dir = scandir($path2Folder);
$returnable = array();
foreach($files_in_dir as $key=>$val){
$temp_file_or_dir = $path2Folder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $val;
if(is_file($temp_file_or_dir) && !preg_match("#^\..*#", $temp_file_or_dir)){
$arrRX = array('#\.{2,4}$#', '#\.#');
$arrReplace = array("", "_");
$returnVal = preg_replace($arrRX, $arrReplace, $val);
$returnable[$returnVal] = $temp_file_or_dir;
}else if(is_dir($temp_file_or_dir) && !preg_match('/^\..*/', $val) ){
getFilesInFolder($temp_file_or_dir);
}
}
return ($countOnly) ? count($returnable) : $returnable;
}

Answer 2

Use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to get your root directory.
$dir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/uploads/';