note 75869 added to function.count

I've come across a problem I can't explain. in my testing I've used this piece of code: print_r($baseText); print("COUNT : " . count($baseText)); and when I run it, the output is: Array ( [1] => jklasdfha;kjdfh ... [2] => adfgjkafgja ... [3] => jh ... [4] => h ... [5] => sfgsdfgsdfjsfdgadfggfjssdfg ... [6] => hadfgashahdsahdhhgasdha ... [7] => 33gasdgasdgasdgasdg ... ) COUNT : 7 There was more data in the array, but for brevity, I've left it out. It was mostly a series of me jamming fingers on the keyboard and line breaks. Is there any reason why print_r can correctly identify all 8 elements of the array and count can only identify 7? ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 192.127.94.7 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.count.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/75869 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/75869 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/75869 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php