PHP | Ds\Map count() Function Last Updated : 20 Aug, 2019 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report The Ds\Map::count() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to count the number of elements present in the Map. It also referred to the size of the Map. Syntax: int public Ds\Map::count() Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter. Return value: This function returns the number of elements present in the Map. Below programs illustrate the Ds\Map::count() function in PHP: Program 1: php <?php // PHP program to illustrate the count() // function of Ds\map // Creating a Map $map = new \Ds\Map([ "1" => "Geeks", "2" => "for", "3" => "Geeks" ]); // Display the map elements print_r($map); echo "Number of elements present in map: "; print_r($map->count()); ?> Output: Ds\Map Object ( [0] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 1 [value] => Geeks ) [1] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 2 [value] => for ) [2] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 3 [value] => Geeks ) ) Number of elements present in map: 3 Program 2: php <?php // PHP program to illustrate the count() // function of Ds\map // Creating a Map $map = new \Ds\Map(["1" => "10", "2" => "20", "3" => 30, "4" => 40]); // Print map elements print_r($map); echo "Number of elements present in map: "; print_r($map->count()); echo "\n"; // Creating another Map $map = new \Ds\Map([1 => "Welcome", 2 => "to", 3 => "GeeksforGeeks"]); // Print map elements print_r($map); echo "Number of elements present in map: "; print_r($map->count()); ?> Output: Ds\Map Object ( [0] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 1 [value] => 10 ) [1] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 2 [value] => 20 ) [2] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 3 [value] => 30 ) [3] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 4 [value] => 40 ) ) Number of elements present in map: 4 Ds\Map Object ( [0] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 1 [value] => Welcome ) [1] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 2 [value] => to ) [2] => Ds\Pair Object ( [key] => 3 [value] => GeeksforGeeks ) ) Number of elements present in map: 3 Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/ds-map.count.php Comment J jit_t Follow 0 Improve J jit_t Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : Web Technologies PHP PHP-function PHP-ds_map Explore PHP Tutorial 8 min read BasicsPHP Syntax 4 min read PHP Variables 5 min read PHP | Functions 8 min read PHP Loops 4 min read ArrayPHP Arrays 5 min read PHP Associative Arrays 4 min read Multidimensional arrays in PHP 5 min read Sorting Arrays in PHP 4 min read OOPs & InterfacesPHP Classes 2 min read PHP | Constructors and Destructors 5 min read PHP Access Modifiers 4 min read Multiple Inheritance in PHP 4 min read MySQL DatabasePHP | MySQL Database Introduction 4 min read PHP Database connection 2 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Database ) 3 min read PHP | MySQL ( Creating Table ) 3 min read PHP AdvancePHP Superglobals 6 min read PHP | Regular Expressions 12 min read PHP Form Handling 4 min read PHP File Handling 4 min read PHP | Uploading File 3 min read PHP Cookies 9 min read PHP | Sessions 7 min read Like