[PHP-DOC] cvs: phpdoc /en/reference/array/functions count.xml

[Jakub Vrana]

vrana           Sun Mar 20 05:16:35 2005 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions        count.xml 
  Log:
  Doesn't count object members (bug #31977)
  
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml?r1=1.15&r2=1.16&ty=u
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.15 
phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.16
--- phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml:1.15  Wed Nov  3 02:30:01 2004
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/array/functions/count.xml       Sun Mar 20 05:16:34 2005
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.count">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -15,12 +15,11 @@
      </methodsynopsis>
     <para>
      Returns the number of elements in <parameter>var</parameter>,
-     which is typically an <type>array</type>, since anything other than 
objects 
+     which is typically an <type>array</type>, since anything other
      will have one element.
     </para>
     <para>
-     For objects <function>count</function> will return the number of non 
static
-     properties, not taking visibility into account. If you have
+     For objects, if you have
      <link linkend="ref.spl">SPL</link> installed, you can hook into
      <function>count</function> by implementing interface
      <literal>Countable</literal>. The interface has exactly one method,
@@ -28,7 +27,8 @@
      <function>count</function> function.
     </para>
     <para>
-     If <parameter>var</parameter> is not an array or an object,
+     If <parameter>var</parameter> is not an array or an object with
+     implemented <literal>Countable</literal> interface,
      <literal>1</literal> will be returned.
      There is one exception, if <parameter>var</parameter> is &null;,
      <literal>0</literal> will be returned.
@@ -76,19 +76,13 @@
 $b[5]  = 9;
 $b[10] = 11;
 $result = count($b);
-// $result == 3;
+// $result == 3
 
 $result = count(null);
-// $result == 0;
+// $result == 0
 
 $result = count(false);
-// $result == 1;
-
-$obj = new StdClass;
-$obj->foo = 'A property';
-$obj->bar = 'Another property';
-$result = count($obj);
-// $result == 2;
+// $result == 1
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>
@@ -97,7 +91,7 @@
     <para>
      <example>
       <title>
-       recursive <function>count</function> example (PHP &gt;= 4.2.0)
+       Recursive <function>count</function> example (PHP &gt;= 4.2.0)
       </title>
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
@@ -106,10 +100,10 @@
               'veggie' => array('carrot', 'collard', 'pea'));
 
 // recursive count
-echo count($food, COUNT_RECURSIVE);  // output 8
+echo count($food, COUNT_RECURSIVE); // output 8
 
 // normal count
-echo count($food);                  // output 2
+echo count($food); // output 2
 
 ?>
 ]]>