PHP | SimpleXMLElement count() Function

Last Updated : 29 May, 2019

The SimpleXMLElement::count() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which counts number of child element in a SimpleXML object.

Syntax:

int SimpleXMLElement::count()

Parameter: This function does not accept any parameters.

Return Value: This function returns number of children of an element.

Note: This function is available for PHP 5.3.0 and newer version.

Example 1:

<?php 
  
// Loading XML document to $user 
$user = <<<XML 
<user> 
<username> user123 </username> 
<name> firstname lastname </name> 
<phone> +91-9876543210 </phone> 
<detail> I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. </detail> 
</user> 
XML; 
  
// Creating new SimpleXMLElement  
// object from $user 
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($user); 
  
// Counting and printing number of 
// child of the XML document 
echo $xml->count(); 
  
?> 

Output:

Example 2: Counting children of child element of the XML document.

<?php 
  
// Loading XML document to $user 
$user = <<<XML 
<users> 
    <user name="user1"> 
        <username> user123 </username> 
        <name> firstname lastname </name> 
        <phone> +91-9876543210 </phone> 
        <detail> I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. </detail> 
        <ins> 
            <ins_name>geeks for geeks</ins_name> 
            <ins_type>educational</ins_type> 
            <ins_url>geeksforgeeks.org</ins_url> 
        </ins> 
    </user> 
    <user name="user2"> 
        <username> user123 </username> 
        <name> firstname lastname </name> 
        <phone> +91-9876543210 </phone> 
        <detail> I am John Doe. Live in Kolkata, India. </detail> 
        <ins> 
            <ins_name>geeks for geeks</ins_name> 
            <ins_type>educational</ins_type> 
            <ins_url>geeksforgeeks.org</ins_url> 
        </ins> 
    </user>     
</users> 
XML; 
  
// Creating new SimpleXMLElement 
// object from $user 
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($user); 
  
echo $xml->count(); 
  
foreach($xml as $child){ 
    echo "<br>".$child['name'] . " has " 
        . $child->count()." child."; 
} 
  
?> 

Output:

2
user1 has 5 child.
user2 has 5 child.

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/simplexmlelement.count.php

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