{"id":372,"date":"2022-10-27T06:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T06:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/?p=372"},"modified":"2022-10-28T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T07:37:25","slug":"how-to-get-number-of-element-in-an-array-explain-with-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/how-to-get-number-of-element-in-an-array-explain-with-example\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get number of element in an array? explain with example?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We can get total number of elements in an array by using&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">count()<\/mark><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>and <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">sizeof()<\/mark><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Count() Function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\"> count()<\/mark> function is used to get the total number of elements in an array and it returns numbers of element in an array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Syntax= count(array)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"614\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/333.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/333.png 614w, https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/333-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">example<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php\n      $array1 = array(  'php','java','css', 'python','c++');\n    $array2 = array\n     (\n      0 =&gt; 'php',  \n      1 =&gt; 'java',  \n      2 =&gt; 'css', \n\n      3 =&gt; 'python',\n      4 =&gt; 'c++'\n     );\n  \n\n   echo count( $array1).\"&lt;br \/&gt;\";\n     echo count( $array2);\n\n  \n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>5\n5<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sizeof() Function<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">sizeof()<\/mark> function is used to count the number of elements present in an array or any other countable object. it returns the number of elements present in an array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">syntax<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sizeof(array)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/php-sizeof-function-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/php-sizeof-function-1.webp 668w, https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/php-sizeof-function-1-300x220.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.devopstrainer.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/php-sizeof-function-1-80x60.webp 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">example<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;?php\n      \n    $array2 = array\n     (\n      0 =&gt; 'php',  \n      1 =&gt; 'java',  \n      2 =&gt; 'css', \n\n      3 =&gt; 'python',\n      4 =&gt; 'c++'\n     );\n  \n\n     echo count( $array2);\n\n  \n?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">output<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>5<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Both are used to count elements in a array sizeof()&nbsp;function is an alias of count() function used in PHP.&nbsp;count()&nbsp;function is faster and butter than sizeof().<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can get total number of elements in an array by using&nbsp;count()&nbsp;and sizeof() functions. 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