# Is there a way to read how many files are in a folder with AS?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-read-how-many-files-are-in-a-folder-with-as/200077
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 8, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-read-how-many-files-are-in-a-folder-with-as/200077 "2006-09-08T14:08:43Z")
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### Author: ![tedc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tedc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tedc)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-read-how-many-files-are-in-a-folder-with-as/200077/1 "2006-09-08T14:08:43Z")

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Since I dont want to set up a DB for such a tiny task, I was wondering if there’s any way to do this!

If not in AS, in PHP?