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Function: count (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5) count -- Count elements in an array, or properties in an objectDescriptionint count ( mixed var [, int mode] )Returns the number of elements in var , which is typically an array , since anything else will have one element. For objects, if you have SPL installed, you can hook into count() by implementing interface Countable . The interface has exactly one method, count() , which returns the return value for the count() function. If var is not an array or an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned. There is one exception, if var is NULL , 0 will be returned. Note: The optional mode parameter is available as of PHP 4.2.0. If the optional mode parameter is set to COUNT_RECURSIVE (or 1), count() will recursively count the array. This is particularly useful for counting all the elements of a multidimensional array. The default value for mode is 0 . count() does not detect infinite recursion. Caution count() may return 0 for a variable that isn't set, but it may also return 0 for a variable that has been initialized with an empty array. Use isset() to test if a variable is set. Please see the Array section of the manual for a detailed explanation of how arrays are implemented and used in PHP.
Example 1. count() example <?php $a[0] = 1; $a[1] = 3; $a[2] = 5; $result = count($a); // $result == 3 $b[0] = 7; $b[5] = 9; $b[10] = 11; $result = count($b); // $result == 3 $result = count(null); // $result == 0 $result = count(false); // $result == 1 ?>
Example 2. Recursive count() example (PHP >= 4.2.0) <?php $food = array('fruits' => array('orange', 'banana', 'apple'), 'veggie' => array('carrot', 'collard', 'pea')); // recursive count echo count($food, COUNT_RECURSIVE); // output 8 // normal count echo count($food); // output 2 ?> Related Function(s) |