title: Count number of files in folder in php
body: <pre><code>&lt;?php 
  $directory = '/var/www/ajaxform/';
  if (glob($directory . '.jpg') != false)
  {
      $filecount = count(glob($directory . '*.jpg'));
      echo $filecount;
  }
  else
  {
      echo 0;
  }
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>there are four jpg images in this directory but it returns <code>0</code></p>