# Counting images in a folder

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/counting-images-in-a-folder/167676>\
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**Created:** [October 30, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/counting-images-in-a-folder/167676 "2005-10-30T23:33:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/counting-images-in-a-folder/167676/1 "2005-10-30T23:33:15Z")

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i’ve made a small personal photo gallery in which different days(folders of images) a specified long the top where the user can click and see what is contained within that day(folder). It’s completely dynamic to the extent that the only thing i have to specify is the number of images in each folder as a variable in a txt file (i txt file for each folder)

What i want to know is if it’s possible to dynamically count the images in a folder and use that as a variable for the number of images contained within that folder…so i dont have to have a txt file for every day with the variable in it(like i do now)

I’m sure it’s quite simple but i cant find solution anywhere.