PHP count() Function

Example

Count the children of the <car> element:

<?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());
}
?>

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Definition and Usage

The count() function counts the children of a specified node.

Syntax

SimpleXMLElement::count();

Technical Details

Return Value:	The number of child elements of an element
PHP Version:	5.3+

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