wireCount() function

Return the count of item(s) present in the given value

Duplicates behavior of PHP count() function prior to PHP 7.2, which states:

Returns the number of elements in $value. When the parameter is neither an array nor an object with implemented Countable interface, 1 will be returned. There is one exception, if $value is NULL, 0 will be returned.

Usage

$int = wireCount(mixed $value);

Arguments

NameType(s)Description
valuemixed

Return value

int


Functions methods and properties

API reference based on ProcessWire core version 3.0.236

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