PHP count () function
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Examples
Calculate the number of car node's children:
<?php
$xml=<<<XML
<cars>
<car name="Volvo">
<child/>
<child/>
<child/>
<child/>
</car>
<car name="BMW">
<child/>
<child/>
</car>
</cars>
XML;
$elem=new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
foreach ($elem as $car)
{
printf("%s has %d children.<br>", $car['name'], $car->count());
}
?>
$xml=<<<XML
<cars>
<car name="Volvo">
<child/>
<child/>
<child/>
<child/>
</car>
<car name="BMW">
<child/>
<child/>
</car>
</cars>
XML;
$elem=new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
foreach ($elem as $car)
{
printf("%s has %d children.<br>", $car['name'], $car->count());
}
?>
Running instance »
Definition and Usage
count () function to calculate the number of the specified node's child nodes.
grammar
count();
technical details
return value: | Returns the number of child nodes of an element. |
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PHP version: | 5.3+ |
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