Without actually trying it, the first thing that comes to mind is to insert a counter in your while loop. If, at the conclusion of the loop, it only == 2, then you're likely in an empty directory (you'd have the . And .. To give you the two).
Make sense? -----Original Message----- From: Gerenday, Perry (P.) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 3:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [wdvltalk] PHP: determine if a directory is empty I banged my head against this all day yesterday without success. I have a file upload page for a client that also displays the files in their directory folder using PHP. Displaying the files is no problem. I loop through the directory like this: if ($handle = opendir('./ssgi/')) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { if ($file != "." && $file != "..") { echo "<a href=\"ssgi/$file\">$file</a><br />\n"; } } closedir($handle); } However, when the directory is empty, I want to display the text string, "There are no files in this folder", so the client recognizes the folder is empty and not just failing to show their files. For the life of me, I can't find a way to determine if the folder is empty. If there were a "directory size" function that would help, but all I can find is filesize. I've tried checking if $file == false or zero but there is always a dot (.) left in the folder which is used to move to the next directory level. Also, while using the loop method, eventually, the $file will always equal false, that's what brings the script to an end. Can anybody lead me in the right direction here? What am I missing. It seems that this should be very simple, but so far the solution is eluding me. Thanks, Perry Gerenday Webmaster / Visual Communications Visteon, Nashville Glass Plant 615.350.7656 ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [email protected] To change subscription settings, add a password or view the web interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: unknown lmsubst tag argument: '' To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
