count

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

count — Conta gli elementi in una variabile, o le proprietà in un oggetto

Descrizione

count(mixed $var, int $mode = ?): int

Restituisce il numero di elementi in var, la quale è di norma un array, dal momento che qualsiasi altro oggetto avrà un elemento.

Per gli oggetti, se SPL è installato, è possibile agganciarsi a count() implementando l'interfaccia Countable. L'interfaccia ha esattamente un metodo, count(), che ritorna il valore restituito dalla funzione count().

Se var non è un array o un oggetto con l'interfaccia Countable implementata, verrà restituito 1 C'è una eccezione, se var è null, verrà restituito 0.

Nota: Il parametro opzionale mode è disponibile da PHP 4.2.0.

Se il parametro opzionale mode è impostato a COUNT_RECURSIVE (o 1), count() conterà ricorsivamente l'array. Questo è utile in particolare per contare tutti gli elementi di un array multidimensionale. Il valore di default per mode è 0. count() non identifica le ricorsioni infinite.

Attenzione

count() può restituire 0 per una variabile che non è impostata, ma può anche restituire 0 per una variabile che è stata inizializzata con un array vuoto. Usare isset() per verificare se una variabile è impostata.

Vedere la sezione Array nel manuale per una spiegazione dettagliata di come gli array siano implementati ed usati in PHP.

Example #1 esempio di count()

<?php
$a[0] = 1;
$a[1] = 3;
$a[2] = 5;
$risultato = count($a);
//$risultato == 3

$b[0]  = 7;
$b[5]  = 9;
$b[10] = 11;
$risultato = count($b);
// $risultato == 3;

$result = count(null);
// $result == 0

$result = count(false);
// $result == 1
?>

Example #2 esempio di count() ricorsiva (PHP >= 4.2.0)

<?php
$cibo = array('frutta' => array('arancia', 'banana', 'mela'),
              'verdura' => array('carota', 'zucchina', 'piselli'));

// conteggio ricorsivo
echo count($cibp,COUNT_RECURSIVE); // output 8

// conteggio normale
echo count($cibo);                 // output 2

?>

Vedere anche is_array(), isset() e strlen().

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User Contributed Notes 13 notes

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onlyranga at gmail dot com ¶

10 years ago

[Editor's note: array at from dot pl had pointed out that count() is a cheap operation; however, there's still the function call overhead.]



If you want to run through large arrays don't use count() function in the loops , its a over head in performance,  copy the count() value into a variable and use that value in loops for a better performance.



Eg:



// Bad approach



for($i=0;$i<count($some_arr);$i++)

{

    // calculations

}



// Good approach



$arr_length = count($some_arr);

for($i=0;$i<$arr_length;$i++)

{

    // calculations

}

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lucasfsmartins at gmail dot com ¶

5 years ago

If you are on PHP 7.2+, you need to be aware of "Changelog" and use something like this:

<?php
$countFruits = is_array($countFruits) || $countFruits instanceof Countable ? count($countFruits) : 0;
?>

You can organize your code to ensure that the variable is an array, or you can extend the Countable so that you don't have to do this check.

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Anonymous ¶

5 years ago

For a Non Countable Objects

$count = count($data);
print "Count: $count\n";

Warning:  count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in example.php on line 159

#Quick fix is to just cast the non-countable object as an array..  

$count = count((array) $data);
print "Count: $count\n";

Count: 250

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danny at dannymendel dot com ¶

17 years ago

I actually find the following function more useful when it comes to multidimension arrays when you do not want all levels of the array tree.



// $limit is set to the number of recursions

<?php

function count_recursive ($array, $limit) {

    $count = 0;

    foreach ($array as $id => $_array) {

        if (is_array ($_array) && $limit > 0) {

            $count += count_recursive ($_array, $limit - 1);

        } else {

            $count += 1;

        }

    }

    return $count;

}

?>

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pied-pierre ¶

9 years ago

A function of one line to find the number of elements that are not arrays, recursively :

function count_elt($array, &$count=0){
  foreach($array as $v) if(is_array($v)) count_elt($v,$count); else ++$count;
  return $count;
}

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alexandr at vladykin dot pp dot ru ¶

18 years ago

My function returns the number of elements in array for multidimensional arrays subject to depth of array. (Almost COUNT_RECURSIVE, but you can point on which depth you want to plunge).



<?php

  function getArrCount ($arr, $depth=1) {

      if (!is_array($arr) || !$depth) return 0;

         

     $res=count($arr);

         

      foreach ($arr as $in_ar)

         $res+=getArrCount($in_ar, $depth-1);

      

      return $res;

  }

?>

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olja dot fb at gmail dot com ¶

1 year ago

In example #3, given as:

<?php
$food = array('fruits' => array('orange', 'banana', 'apple'),
              'veggie' => array('carrot', 'collard', 'pea'));

// recursive count
var_dump(count($food, COUNT_RECURSIVE));
?>

with the output given as int(8), it may have some readers mistaken, as I was at first: one might take it as keys being counted as well as the inner array entries:

<?php
// NO:
'fruits', 'orange', 'banana', 'apple', 
'veggie', 'carrot', 'collard', 'pea'
?>

But actually keys are not counted in count function, and why it is still 8 - because inner arrays are counted as entries as well as their inner elements:

<?php
// YES:
array('orange', 'banana', 'apple'), 'orange', 'banana', 'apple', 
array('carrot', 'collard', 'pea'), 'carrot', 'collard', 'pea'
?>

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php_count at cubmd dot com ¶

7 years ago

All the previous recursive count solutions with $depth option would not avoid infinite loops in case the array contains itself more than once.

Here's a working solution:



<?php

    /**

     * Recursively count elements in an array. Behaves exactly the same as native

     * count() function with the $depth option. Meaning it will also add +1 to the

     * total count, for the parent element, and not only counting its children.

     * @param $arr

     * @param int $depth

     * @param int $i (internal)

     * @return int

     */

    public static function countRecursive(&$arr, $depth = 0, $i = 0) {

        $i++;

        /**

         * In case the depth is 0, use the native count function

         */

        if (empty($depth)) {

            return count($arr, COUNT_RECURSIVE);

        }

        $count = 0;

        /**

         * This can occur only the first time when the method is called and $arr is not an array

         */

        if (!is_array($arr)) {

            return count($arr);

        }



        // if this key is present, it means you already walked this array

        if (isset($arr['__been_here'])) {

            return 0;

        }



        $arr['__been_here'] = true;



        foreach ($arr as $key => &$value) {

            if ($key !== '__been_here') {

                if (is_array($value) && $depth > $i) {

                    $count += self::countRecursive($value, $depth, $i);

                }



                $count++;

            }

        }



        // you need to unset it when done because you're working with a reference...

        unset($arr['__been_here']);

        return $count;

    }

?>

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asma mechtaba ¶

2 years ago

count and sizeof are aliases, what work for one works for the other.

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Christoph097 ¶

2 years ago

Empty values are counted:
<?php
$ar[] = 3;
$ar[] = null;
var_dump(count($ar)); //int(2)
?>

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buyatv at gmail dot com ¶

7 years ago

You can not get collect sub array count when there is only one sub array in an array: 

$a = array ( array ('a','b','c','d'));
$b = array ( array ('a','b','c','d'), array ('e','f','g','h'));

echo count($a);  // 4 NOT 1, expect 1
echo count($b);  // 2,   expected

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vojtaripa at gmail dot com ¶

4 years ago

To get the count of the inner array you can do something like:

$inner_count = count($array[0]);
echo ($inner_count);

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max at schimmelmann dot org ¶

4 years ago

In special situations you might only want to count the first level of the array to figure out how many entries you have, when they have N more key-value-pairs.

<?php

$data = [
    'a' => [
        'bla1' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
        'bla2' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
        'bla3' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
        'bla4' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
    ],
    'b' => [
        'bla1' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
        'bla2' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ],
    ],
    'c' => [
        'bla1' => [
            0 => 'asdf',
            1 => 'asdf',
            2 => 'asdf',
        ]
    ]
];
$count = array_sum(array_values(array_map('count', $data)));
// will return int(7)
var_dump($count);

// will return 31
var_dump(count($data, 1));
?>

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