PHP Manual: Get the number of directories and files

public int GlobIterator::count()

Gets the number of directories and files found by the glob expression.

This function has no parameters.

The number of returned directories and files, as an int.

Example #1 GlobIterator::count example

<?php
$iterator = new GlobIterator('*.xml');

printf("Matched %d item(s)\r\n", $iterator->count());
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Matched 8 item(s)

GlobIterator::count