My function returns the number of elements in array for multidimensional arrays subject to depth of array. (Almost COUNT_RECURSIVE, but you can point on which depth you want to plunge).

<?php
  function getArrCount ($arr, $depth=1) {
      if (!is_array($arr) || !$depth) return 0;
         
     $res=count($arr);
         
      foreach ($arr as $in_ar)
         $res+=getArrCount($in_ar, $depth-1);
      
      return $res;
  }
?>