count

Name:count

Category:Array

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Calculates the number of child nodes of the specified node.

Example

Calculate the number of child nodes of the <car> element:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$xml</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token string heredoc-string"><span class="token delimiter symbol"><span class="token punctuation"><<<</span> XML</span>
  <cars>
    <car name="Volvo">
    <child/>
    <child/>
    <child/>
    <child/>
  </car>
  <car name="BMW">
    <child/>
    <child/>
  </car>
</cars>
<span class="token delimiter symbol">XML <span class="token punctuation">;</span></span></span>

<span class="token variable">$elem</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">new</span> <span class="token class-name">SimpleXMLElement</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$xml</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">foreach</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$elem</span> <span class="token keyword">as</span> <span class="token variable">$car</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
  <span class="token function">printf</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"%s has %d children.<br>"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token variable">$car</span> <span class="token punctuation">[</span> <span class="token string single-quoted-string">&#39;name&#39;</span> <span class="token punctuation">]</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token variable">$car</span> <span class="token operator">-></span> <span class="token function">count</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
  <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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