Get the count of sub-folders

Question

I was using count(glob("test/*")) to count the sub-folders in the test folder, but now that I also have files in the test folder, not just folders, I get incorrect results. Is there a way to modify the glob pattern so that it'll return only the folders, not files?

I've thought about a workaround. Get the total count of folders and files, get the count of files only, and then, subtract the count of files from the count of the whole.

$total_items  = count(glob("test/*"));
$total_files  = count(glob("test/*.*"));
$folder_count = $total_items - $total_files;

This works, but there might be a simpler way to do this.

Answer 1

You have to use the option GLOB_ONLYDIR to return only directories:

$total_items  = count( glob("test/*", GLOB_ONLYDIR) );