How do i count the number of files in a directory?

[farley99]

$dirHandle = opendir("./images"
$i = readdir($dirHandle)):
echo number of files in $i; <---- what is the correct syntax for this?
closedir($dirHandle);

 

[ArkM]

...
for ($fcnt = 0; false !== ($filename = readdir($dh)); ++$fcnt)
;
$fcnt -= 2; // minus . and .. entries.
...