RE: [PHP] Counting elements in an array
| From: | Jeff McKeon | Date: | Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:33:30 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Counting elements in an array | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Jason Wong wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 November 2003 23:24, Jeff McKeon wrote:
>> How would I count the number of elements in an array that had a
>> certain value?
>>
>> In other words, if I have
>>
>> $fruit = array(orange,orange,apple,bananna,orange,apple,pear);
>>
>> How could I get the number of elements from $fruit where the value is
>> "orange"?
>
> array_count_values()
>
That gives me:
Warning: array_count_values(): Can only count STRING and INTEGER values!
The values of the array elements should be integer.
Jeff