please help me to count the number of folders with in directories

[LJackson]

Hi All,

I am listing all the 'categories' with in a directory which is working now i want to try and find out the number of "folders" with in each of the category directories

here is my code

PHP Code:

               <?php
                    #get portfolio categories
                    if ($handle = opendir('portfolio'))
                    {
                        #echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
                        #echo "Entries:\n";
                        $x = 1;
                        /* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
                        while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle)))
                        {
                        
                            #echo $entry;
                            if ($entry != "." && $entry != "..") 
                            {
                            
                                ###count folders inside directorys
                                $directory = "portfolio/".$entry;
                                ###end count folders inside directories

                                                                
                                if (($x % 3) == 0)
                                {
                                    $className = "col-2";
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                    $className = "col-1";
                                }
                                
                                ?>
                                <div class="<?php echo $className?>">
                                    <figure class="img-box">
                                        <a href="portfolio-weddings.html">
                                            <img src="images/page3-img1.jpg" alt="">
                                        </a>
                                    </figure>
                                    <div class="gallery-meta">
                                        <a href="#" class="gallery-name"><?php echo ucwords($entry);?></a>
                                        <span class="capacity">(<?php echo $count; ?> Albums)</span>
                                    </div>
                                </div><?php
                                $x++;
                            }
                        }
                                
                        closedir($handle);
                    }?>

i've got up to the point of setting the individual categories now i need to figure out how to count the number of folders within these directories

can anyone help me please
thanks
Luke

[Fou-Lu]

Do you need to count the subdirectories of the $directory, or the subdirectories of the $entry?

[LJackson]

of the $directory

[Fou-Lu]

I'd write a filter function and then use a scandir:

PHP Code:

function filterArrayOnlyDirectories($itm)
{
    $bResult = false;
    if (is_dir($itm) && !in_array($itm, array('.', '..'))
    {
        $bResult = true;
    }
    return $bResult;
}

//. . .
$aItems = scandir($directory);
$aItemsFiltered = array_filter($aItems, 'filterArrayOnlyDirectories'); 


Now you can count the $aItemsFiltered. This could be done with recursive iterators as well.

[LJackson]

ok thanks for the above,

i have added the function to my page and added these two lines in my while loop

PHP Code:

$aItems = scandir($directory);
$aItemsFiltered = array_filter($aItems, 'filterArrayOnlyDirectories'); 


like so

PHP Code:

                    #get portfolio categories
                    if ($handle = opendir('portfolio'))
                    {
                        #echo "Directory handle: $handle\n";
                        #echo "Entries:\n";
                        $x = 1;
                        /* This is the correct way to loop over the directory. */
                        while (false !== ($entry = readdir($handle)))
                        {
                        
                            #echo $entry;
                            if ($entry != "." && $entry != "..") 
                            {
                            
                                #count folders inside directorys
                                $directory = "portfolio/$entry";
                                $aItems = scandir($directory);
                                $aItemsFiltered = array_filter($aItems, 'filterArrayOnlyDirectories');
                                                                
                                if (($x % 3) == 0)
                                {
                                    $className = "col-2";
                                }
                                else
                                {
                                    $className = "col-1";
                                }
                                
                                ?>
                                <div class="<?php echo $className?>">
                                    <figure class="img-box">
                                        <a href="portfolio-weddings.html">
                                            <img src="images/page3-img1.jpg" alt="">
                                        </a>
                                    </figure>
                                    <div class="gallery-meta">
                                        <a href="#" class="gallery-name"><?php echo ucwords($entry);?></a>
                                        <span class="capacity">(<?php echo count($aItemsFiltered); ?> Albums)</span>
                                    </div>
                                </div><?php
                                $x++;
                            }
                        }
                                
                        closedir($handle);
                    }?>

i tried to echo out $aItemsFiltered and it returned 'array' so i then tried echo count($aItemsFiltered) and it always returns 0 even though at least on of my directories has a folder within it?

am i using it correctly? maybe my loop is incorrect?

cheers mate
Luke

[kbluhm]

Another solution, once you have a folder path... this will count the number of folders immediately within that folder (non-recursive):

PHP Code:

$sub_directories       = glob( realpath( $directory ) . '/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR );
$sub_directories_count = count( $sub_directories ); 


[Fou-Lu]

Sorry you'll need to verify its a directory before as well.

PHP Code:

$directory = "portfolio/$entry";
if (is_dir($directory))
{
    $aItems = scandir($directory);
    $aItemsFiltered = array_filter($aItems, 'filterArrayOnlyDirectories');
} 


As for debugging, the first step is to make sure that $aItems has directories within it. Perform a print_r($aItems); or a var_dump to make sure it has items within it. Then check that $aItemsFiltered also has data. If $aItems has data and $aItemsFiltered does not, make sure that the filterArrayOnlyDirectories function is within scope as an array_filter without a valid callback will always return false (and therefore have 0 results in the end).

I'm betting you do not have the function, unless you've modified it. I'd have a syntax error on this line: if (is_dir($itm) && !in_array($itm, array('.', '..')) since I'm missing a closing ).

Edit:
Oh yeah I forgot that glob has an ONLYDIR directive! Wait, does that include the '.' and '..' as well?

[LJackson]

i changed the function and added the missing ')'

ok i did some debugging

and
print_r($directories) echos out the directory paths.

print_r($aItems) echos out the following:

Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. [2] => New Text Document.txt [3] => New folder ) Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. ) Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. ) Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. ) Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. ) Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. )

this seems to be working correctly

print_r($aItemsFiltered) echos out:

Array ( ) Array ( ) Array ( ) Array ( ) Array ( ) Array ( )

this is obviously causing a problem as its returning an empty array

how does one make sure that the filterArrayOnlyDirectories function is within scope?

cheers

[kbluhm]

Originally Posted by Fou-Lu

Edit: Oh yeah I forgot that glob has an ONLYDIR directive! Wait, does that include the '.' and '..' as well?

No, they are excluded.

[LJackson]

thanks kbluhm your solution works

would still like to get your method working fou-lu always nice to see different approaches to a problem

thanks guys

[Fou-Lu]

Nice. I've been using iterators for so long I've forgotten about some of these more basic ones. And the globiterator itself let .'s into it depending on the flags.

To make sure its within scope, you simply add it to this page to be accessible or to a file that is included into this one. Sounds like its not in scope though since the original code would have thrown a fatal error since it would have had a syntactical error. Functions are global so long as they are not nested and are not a part of a class or namespace. Conditional branches also dictate if functions are available, so don't put it in an if condition.

[LJackson]

thanks guys one more question if i may

if

$sub_directories       = glob( realpath( $directory ) . '/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR );
$sub_directories_count = count( $sub_directories );

counts the folders/sub directories what d i need to change to make it count just the files within the directory not including any sub directories (not that there will be any) but files directly within the directory

many thanks
Luke

[Fou-Lu]

There is no corresponding GLOB_ONLYFILE directive. However, so long as you have named extensions, then you can simply use a glob pattern of '/*.*'. If you don't have extensions, you'll need to make use of !is_dir.

Alternatively, you can pull a glob() of all records, and a glob of GLOB_ONLYDIR. Then you can use array_diff to remove the ones from the only directories glob from the entire glob which will leave you with only the files.
That should be doable as such (I can't test this where I am I'm afraid):

PHP Code:

$sPath = realpath($directory) . '/*';
$aDirectories = glob($sPath, GLOB_ONLYDIR);
$aAll = glob($sPath);
$aFiles = array_diff($aAll, $aDirectories); 


$aFiles should just be the files.

[LJackson]

excellent thank you very much!!!

[kbluhm]

Yet another alternative for your files vs. folders inquiry:

PHP Code:

$glob  = glob( realpath( $directory ) . '/*' );

// grab all files
$files = array_filter( $glob, 'is_file' );

// grab all folders
$dirs  = array_filter( $glob, 'is_dir' );