Php check if directory is empty [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to use php to check if a directory is empty or not. I have seen a lot of similar questions but I have not been able to solve the problem. Namely, the following code always gives me the result that the directory is not empty:

<?php
function is_dir_empty($dir) {
    if (!is_readable($dir)) return NULL;
    $files = array_diff(scandir($dir), array('.', '..'));
    return empty($files);
}

$dir = 'images/tmp';
if (is_dir_empty($dir)) {
    echo "The folder is empty";
} else {
    echo "The folder is NOT empty";
}
?>

the directory permissions are 755 and the path is correct. I also tried with this function but the result is the same:

function is_dir_empty($dir) {
    if (!is_readable($dir)) return NULL;
    $files = glob("$dir/*");
    return empty($files);
}

Can you please explain the use case? Depending on what you want to do with this result, maybe there are other solutions. For example one odd solution would be to use rmdir, it will remove the directory and return true if the directory is empty, otherwise don't do anything and return false. — A.L
– A.L, Commented Jul 20, 2023 at 15:33
I tried your function and it works just fine. Try dump is_dir or is_readable to see if your directory really exists. It may take the root directory somewhere else then you think. — Jimmy Found
– Jimmy Found, Commented Jul 20, 2023 at 16:17

Markus Zeller · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-22 08:50:04Z

2

Do a scandir and count the contents. An empty directory always contains . and ... So if the count is greater than 2 it is not empty.

function isDirectoryEmpty(string $dir): bool
{
    return is_dir($dir) && count(scandir($dir)) <= 2;
}

edited Jul 22, 2023 at 8:50

answered Jul 20, 2023 at 16:16

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