#31977 [Opn->Csd]: count() doesnt count class members properly

ID: 31977 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: jmarbas at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: * PHP Version: 4CVS, 5CVS (2005-02-22) New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-25 15:47:39] tony2001@php.net The documentation is wrong: count() should return 1 for any variable that is not an array or NULL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-02-15 03:01:45] jmarbas at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ When I try to count the number of non-static members of an object with the count() function, I always get a count of 1. The code below shows both a user defined class and the standard class(StdClass) instances with more than 1 member variable each but the count() still comes out to 1. Reproduce code: --------------- class jerry{ public $foo='A property'; public $bar='Another property'; } $obj1 = new jerry(); echo $obj1->foo."\n"; echo $obj1->bar."\n"; printf("The count is %d\n",count($obj1)); $obj = new StdClass; $obj->foo='A property'; $obj->bar='Another property'; $obj->bleh='asdf'; echo $obj->foo."\n"; echo $obj->bar."\n"; echo $obj->bleh."\n"; printf("The count is %d\n",count($obj)); Expected result: ---------------- I expect the count() function to count all non-static member variables just like it says in the count() description on php.net Actual result: -------------- The actual count() is 1 for both objects in the code pasted above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=31977&edit=1