php counting number of files in a directory

Question

i am trying to display a number from which is the amount of files in a folder in my directory within my website.

i have tried to do many methods of this which i have found on the net but still have no clue maybe its because i am unsure of the location of the directory

the location of the folder is

www/documents

and here is my code

<?php iterator_count(new DirectoryIterator('/documents/'));?>

i have tried a few samples i found on the net.

server details

its a usb device with UniServer

This is why i am not sure where the file structure starts

I am very novice so please play fair and not scare me with them words that means monkey beans to me :)

thanks in advance

Locations i have tried

www/documents
/www/documents/

maybe http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12801370/count-how-many-files-in-directory-php — Adrian, Aug 19 '13 at 08:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '13 at 08:39

1

A shorter version:

<?php

echo count(glob("/var/documents/*"));

?>

answered Aug 19 '13 at 08:39

Michael Spector

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