cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/array/functions count.xml

helly Mon Nov 1 16:11:43 2004 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions count.xml Log: - Update http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml?r1=1.12&r2=1.13&ty=u Index: phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.12 phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.13 --- phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.12 Mon Sep 6 16:13:39 2004 +++ phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml Mon Nov 1 16:11:40 2004 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.12 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry id="function.count"> <refnamediv> @@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ </methodsynopsis> <para> Returns the number of elements in <parameter>var</parameter>, - which is typically an <type>array</type> (since anything else will have - one element). + which is typically an <type>array</type> (since anything other than objects + will have one element). + </para> + <para> + For objects it returns the number of non static properties not taking + visibility into account. If you have SPL starting from PHP 5.1 you can + hook into coun() by implementing interface Countable. That interface + has exactly one method named count() which delivers the return value + for the count() function. </para> <para> If <parameter>var</parameter> is not an array, <literal>1</literal> will