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Name

count — Returns the number of elements in a variable.

Synopsis

int count(variable); mixed variable: Variable whose elements are to be counted

Returns

Number of elements in the given variable

Description

This function returns the number of values contained in the variable given by variable . For scalar variables, this is always 1, unless the variable is unset or contains only NULL, in which case it's 0. For objects, methods are not counted; nor are attributes having no value (attributes with a value of NULL are counted, however). For arrays, all elements having values - even NULL - are counted. Unset elements are not counted. Elements of subarrays are not counted separately, and each subarray counts as one value.

Note

sizeof() is an alias for count() ; they're identical in every way except the name.

Version

PHP 3, PHP 4

Example

Example 42. Count the values contained by variables

$var1 = NULL;
echo "Count of a scalar containing only NULL: " . count($var1) . "\n";
$var2 = 0;
echo "Count of a scalar containing only 0: " . count($var2) . "\n";

class foo {
    var $foo1;
    var $foo2 = 'something';
    function bar() {
        return TRUE;
    }
}
$var3 = new foo;
echo "Count of the object \$var3: " . count($var3) . "\n";

$var4 = array(1 => NULL, 2 => 1, 3 => 4, array(1, 2, 3, 4));
echo "Count of the array \$var4: " . count($var4) . "\n";
unset($var4[2]);
echo "Count of the array \$var4 after unset(\$var4[2]): " . count($var4) . "\n";

Output:
Count of a scalar containing only NULL: 0
Count of a scalar containing only 0: 1
Count of the object $var3: 1
Count of the array $var4: 4
Count of the array $var4 after unset($var4[2]): 3

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