function count_files($path) { // (Ensure that the path contains an ending slash) $file_count = 0; $dir_handle = opendir($path); if (!$dir_handle) return -1; while ($file = readdir($dir_handle)) { if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue; if (is_dir($path . $file)){ $file_count += count_files($path . $file . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR); } else { $file_count++; // increase file count } } closedir($dir_handle); return $file_count; } //Example: count_files('./my_awesome_folder/');